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Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 12:27:38 AM on 11 July 2013.
	Nathan Brown Location: East Maitland, NSW Member since 13 May 2013 Member #: 1342 Postcount: 243
Hi, I'm looking for a working fridge for free because I want one for my bedroom, and NSW guys only because I hate travelling ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ "I'd rather have a CRT than nothing" - me "people just throw working CRTs out, it is NOT FUNNY!" -me

Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 11:54:14 AM on 11 July 2013.
	Maven Location: Canberra, ACT Member since 23 August 2012 Member #: 1208 Postcount: 584
Nathan - there is a Freecycle group listed in the Maitland area and you would probably have more luck with them than with a Vintage Radio Forum (unless you want a fridge that receives broadcasts). Look up Freecycle.org and check out the Maitland group. Freecycle groups often have CRT TVs on offer, and they are LOCAL. Maven

Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 6:12:01 PM on 11 July 2013.
	Brad Administrator Location: Naremburn, NSW Member since 15 November 2005 Member #: 1 Postcount: 7451
If you want a vintage fridge that relates to radio, Astor and Philips both made fridges for a while back in the day. Other brands of the old fridges with the ammonia-based refrigerants are Kelvinator, Westinghouse, Hallstrom, Frigidaire, General Electric and Metters. Be careful with old fridges. The ammonia gas in their systems is highly explosive. ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 7:33:24 PM on 11 July 2013.
	Chris Ronayne Location: Wauchope, NSW Member since 1 January 2013 Member #: 1269 Postcount: 576
Hmm, that Freecycle group is interesting. Apparently there's one in Port. Time to sign up I suppose! Chris

Return to top of page · Post #: 5 · Written at 8:57:04 PM on 11 July 2013.
	Nathan Brown Location: East Maitland, NSW Member since 13 May 2013 Member #: 1342 Postcount: 243
I'm only looking for a 70s/80s one until I can save up the money for a 50s rounded edge fridge ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ "I'd rather have a CRT than nothing" - me "people just throw working CRTs out, it is NOT FUNNY!" -me

Return to top of page · Post #: 6 · Written at 10:21:55 PM on 11 July 2013.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6803
until I can save up the money for a 50s rounded edge fridge I think you'd be lucky to find one of those that's still in good and safe operational condition. Besides, they were not very efficient refrigerators and they need frequent manual defrosting.

Return to top of page · Post #: 7 · Written at 11:11:34 PM on 11 July 2013.
	Nathan Brown Location: East Maitland, NSW Member since 13 May 2013 Member #: 1342 Postcount: 243
Well, I'll just stick to a 70s or 80s fridge then, unless I buy a modern SMEG Fab30 fridge with a retro style ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ "I'd rather have a CRT than nothing" - me "people just throw working CRTs out, it is NOT FUNNY!" -me

Return to top of page · Post #: 8 · Written at 11:28:16 PM on 11 July 2013.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6803
It crossed my mind that you may have been influenced by SMEG's retro-look fridges. I guess you've looked at the price tickets, too.

Return to top of page · Post #: 9 · Written at 11:32:48 PM on 11 July 2013.
	Brad Administrator Location: Naremburn, NSW Member since 15 November 2005 Member #: 1 Postcount: 7451
I think you'd be lucky to find one of those that's still in good and safe operational condition. Besides, they were not very efficient refrigerators and they need frequent manual defrosting. That's where some people strike trouble with the old Silent Knights. They use a knife or similar object to gouge the ice off the evaporator coil and punch a hole in the aluminium membrane. It crossed my mind that you may have been influenced by SMEG's retro-look fridges. I guess you've looked at the price tickets, too. Like the one on the Ultratune ad? ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

Return to top of page · Post #: 10 · Written at 1:46:57 AM on 12 July 2013.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6803
Like the one on the Ultratune ad? Not familiar with that ad, but then I don't watch TV much anymore. (As I mentioned elsewhere, when it finally goes all digital here soon I may not even bother doing anything about it.)

Return to top of page · Post #: 11 · Written at 4:56:47 PM on 12 July 2013.
	Nathan Brown Location: East Maitland, NSW Member since 13 May 2013 Member #: 1342 Postcount: 243
I want an old fridge mainly because they're more efficients ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ "I'd rather have a CRT than nothing" - me "people just throw working CRTs out, it is NOT FUNNY!" -me

Return to top of page · Post #: 12 · Written at 5:17:33 PM on 12 July 2013.
	Chris Ronayne Location: Wauchope, NSW Member since 1 January 2013 Member #: 1269 Postcount: 576
Nathan, I don't think the older refridgerators are as efficient as the slightly more modern fridges. Chris

Return to top of page · Post #: 13 · Written at 9:40:53 PM on 12 July 2013.
	Brad Administrator Location: Naremburn, NSW Member since 15 November 2005 Member #: 1 Postcount: 7451
There are a few reasons why very old fridges lack efficiency. 1. Insulation is not the best. 2. The door seal will most likely have gone hard and will thus no longer maintain the slight vacuum inside the fridge that helps with cooling. 3. The compressor will be a great lumbering beast, at times the pancake type, instead of the purring kittens fitted to today's models. That is not to say that an old fridge is a bad thing though. If we adopted the same reasoning to radios, none of us would own them either. As a display piece, few things stir the soul like an old fridge in good nick. ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

Return to top of page · Post #: 14 · Written at 10:43:34 PM on 12 July 2013.
	MonochromeTV Location: Melbourne, VIC Member since 20 September 2011 Member #: 1009 Postcount: 1221
Back in my student shared house days I had a 45 year old Lindberg Foster. Apart from the regular de-frosting, it was the best fridge I ever owned. My present fridge, barely 5 years old, is a piece of Chinese junk and will soon need to be replaced.

Return to top of page · Post #: 15 · Written at 10:49:37 PM on 12 July 2013.
	Nathan Brown Location: East Maitland, NSW Member since 13 May 2013 Member #: 1342 Postcount: 243
I like old fridges mainly because they had style up until the 80s ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ "I'd rather have a CRT than nothing" - me "people just throw working CRTs out, it is NOT FUNNY!" -me

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