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Last night about midnight, while I was enjoying a cigar with some single malt and jamming to classic rock on my ipod, I heard a huge thunderous rumbling inside my garage. I looked up to see a red glow and smoke pouring out of the top of my labortory fridge that I use as a kegerator. I don't think this is gonna be cheap to fix. The only upside is that with the cold weather coming, I was getting ready to unplug the compressor anyway and move the jumpers on my Johnson thermostat to convert it to a heater (40F) during the winter months.

No beer was lost though?

spiderwrangler wrote:No beer was lost though?

Not a drop lost. There were about a dozen cornys in there.

That's the important part. You could always invite us over to drink it before it gets warm.

Ozwald wrote:That's the important part. You could always invite us over to drink it before it gets warm.

It's a long way to PA, dude. There's a lot of stuff that was aged in bourbon barrels: New England Cider, Belgain Quad, and Russian Imp Stout.

Oh good, cause we'll be thirsty by the time the BN jet corrals us all up to get over there.



Sorry about the fridge though. Hopefully it's less painless than anticipated.

Guido wrote:

Ozwald wrote:That's the important part. You could always invite us over to drink it before it gets warm.

It's a long way to PA, dude. There's a lot of stuff that was aged in bourbon barrels: New England Cider, Belgain Quad, and Russian Imp Stout.

I'm much closer... just sayin.

Ozwald wrote:That's the important part. You could always invite us over to drink it before it gets warm.

There might be a silver lining to this. I'm 100% certain the compressor is shot. I'm sure we're talking several hundred dollars here. (I got the fridge from a hospital lab for free, so I'm not out anything, BTW) Without prompting, my wife said, "Maybe it might be cheaper to get a big chest freezer and convert it." I can sell her on the energy efficient angle. Wonder if Lowe's would pick up the old one when they deliver the new one. If not, is there a problem with taking a fridge to the dump with the freon in it?