The refrigerator....AGAIN!
Well, as I
ended the last posting, I related that the refrigerator was back in the cabinet
and all was well. Not exactly, as it
turned out. The temperature in the
freezer never got below about 32 degrees, which meant that the refrigerator
compartment never cooled below about 50 degrees. After talking to the technical people with
the company, it was decided that we needed to take the refrigerator back to the
place where we bought it – about an hour’s drive away. Once again, Dan took the sliding door and its
track from the main entrance, then wrenched the fridge from its cabinet and out
the door. He had help getting it over
the railing, into a wagon, and on to the truck.
Of course, I had had to pull out the two ice chests, buy some ice, and
transfer the contents of the refrigerator.
(Freezer items had been left in our chest freezer on the fly bridge.)
Dan and I
drove to the place, and left the fridge with them for about 3 hours. They replaced the fan (which wasn’t starting)
and the control module for the compressor.
Back on the truck, back to the boat, hauled it back into the boat and
into the cabinet. Voila! It started to cool right away, and by that
evening, the freezer was at zero and the fridge compartment was in the
acceptable range. We decided that the
next time the refrigerator had to come off the boat was when we would sell the
boat! What an ordeal.
Watching Dan
get into and out of the several compartments for maintenance on the boat, I had
sworn that I would do ANYTHING to avoid getting in there! But, it’s just not fair that Dan has to do
everything. He is the mechanical and
electrical expert, but I should do whatever I am able to do my part. We needed to add salt to the LetraSan system, a simple enough task. So, I
removed the hatch cover, got down inside the compartment, and took care of that
task! It wasn’t as tough to get out as I
had feared. I feel good that I was able
to do that much.
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