refridge bit the dust.....
While removing the heater element on my norcold refer it took a lot of pressure to break the element loose and in the process I started to smell the dreaded scent of ammonia, Well I knew what the s...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Personal experience taught me to regard Haier, on a par with Yugo, and Mexican paper products.
The EER rating says it all. Compare annual energy usage to a larger unit. My apartment size refrigerators I had at the hotel used MORE kWh daily than a refrigerator twice their size. Bottom line - they did not keep food cold enough on hot days - running 24/7. I refuse to store food in 45+F conditions. I carried this to extremes with a 24 volt Vestfrost refrigerator and separate freezer in Quicksilver. 105F day, 37F refrigerator, and -5F freezer. When it comes to refrigerators I am not a cheapskate. i.e. the Viking, in the house.
24 hours of hugging the toilet because of food poisoning is a cruel teacher...
Haier is not the actual "builder" of fridges, they are just a marketing brand name which is slapped on the front of the fridge.
The same fridge is also rebadged under the Magic Chef, GE, Ammana, Whirlpool, Frigidaire and many other popular names..
These fridges are all made in China by the same company, typically not much is different between the brand names..
The differences I have seen was different plastic molding on the inside of the doors and different shelving. In the freezer, my Haier has no control door between the freezer and fridge section where The Magic Chef and GE I noticed that those models have an adjustable door which controls the air flow to the fridge section..
Today, brand names are only badges and have no real representation to the companies of old reputation.. Many of the brand names are owned by holding companies or by one major player who them sells the branding to the lowest builder bid..
