I recently had to replace my refrigerator (broken and beyond repair). The new fridge is fairly noisy--not surprising, but still disappointing. A quick check of the AA archives shows that this is a common complaint, a problem without a ready solution. Because I have an older kitchen with limited space, I'm just not able to get one of the nicer, larger units that seem to have a better handle on noise control. I'm stuck with a smaller, more modest (hence noisier) machine.
Since my listening room opens up to the kitchen, the refrigerator is a distraction when it's running. So I'm thinking about turning the fridge off during serious listening sessions. The danger, of course, is that I'll forget to turn it back on at the end of the evening. If I can deal with that risk, would you see this as the best solution to the problem? Have you come up with better solutions? Thanks for any input you can provide.
A closing observation: in the past the dishwasher was easily the noisiest appliance in the kitchen. These days, most dishwashers are practically silent, but refrigerators make more of a racket than previous generations. What gives?
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Topic - Noisy Refrigerator: Possible Solution? - Doktor Brahms 10:14:07 05/18/16 (19)
- RE: Noisy Refrigerator: Possible Solution? - Ivan303 19:20:33 05/20/16 (0)
- RE: Noisy Refrigerator: Possible Solution? - genungo 17:21:07 05/20/16 (0)
- RE: Noisy Refrigerator: Possible Solution? - tommytube 15:29:30 05/20/16 (0)
- RE: Noisy Refrigerator: Possible Solution? - MannyE 18:15:05 05/19/16 (0)
- The only sure fire way... - Presto 09:49:29 05/19/16 (0)
- Tie a bow around a finger to remind you to turn the fridge back on. Case solved. . Nt - geoffkait 07:29:27 05/19/16 (0)
- Timer - srdavis2000 07:09:45 05/19/16 (0)
- Supply House - Harley 04:50:40 05/19/16 (0)
- I threw out my fridge 5 years ago - jeromelang 03:20:08 05/19/16 (3)
- WTF do you keep your... - musetap 09:03:24 05/19/16 (1)
- I don't 'keep' ice cream in the freezer much. Usually it is buy bring home, eat, all within a few hours. nt - Smelly_Socks 09:34:24 05/19/16 (0)
- so you live on 'take out; and granola with tap water... Yikes. - Smelly_Socks 08:51:40 05/19/16 (0)
- RE: Noisy Refrigerator: Possible Solution? - Quint 11:59:48 05/18/16 (0)
- RE: Noisy Refrigerator: Possible Solution? - BCR 11:09:14 05/18/16 (1)
- RE: Noisy Refrigerator: Possible Solution? - cfraser 11:15:12 05/18/16 (0)
- RE: Noisy Refrigerator: Possible Solution? - cfraser 11:04:36 05/18/16 (0)
- Me too, solutions I have used.... - Smelly_Socks 10:48:44 05/18/16 (2)
- RE: Me too, solutions I have used.... - Awe-d-o-file 12:30:55 05/18/16 (0)
- Cool post... very informative too... N/T - musetap 11:59:02 05/18/16 (0)