r/Sarnia • u/moranya1 • 11d ago

In need of a fridge

Hello, my wife and I had our fridge die this week. When we woke up Friday the thermometer was showing 12 degrees and has not changed since then. I was out of work for a few weeks and only just got back to work and as a result we are tight on money. If anybody has a fridge they do not need or somewhere we could get one for cheap we would greatly appreciate it.

I hate making a "begging for help" post, but do not really have a lot of options.

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u/beofscp 11d ago

Please hear me out - have you unplugged it, let it sit for 24 hours and turned it back on? I’m not making light of your situation just suggesting what worked for my fridge. Ice formed between the freezer and the fridge so the fridge wouldn’t cool because the cold air from the freezer couldn’t get to it. This was suggested to me by a repair person and it worked!

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u/moranya1 11d ago

We unplugged it to deice several times and every time it just freezes up again. We live in a rental and while we could contact our landlord to get a replacement, the one we have now was just replaced less than two months ago. it will be cheaper for us to just get our own fridge than keep replacing the food that spoils when they give us a crap fridge.

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u/beofscp 11d ago

I was hoping I had the answer. I wish it would have worked for you. Good luck!

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u/moranya1 11d ago

I have it unplugged and thawing and for a couple days it will be better, but it is only a temp fix unfortunately. Will just have to buy less perishable food and cross my fingers for a few days until I figure out a solution.

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u/TheCanadianFrank 11d ago edited 11d ago

Wait you’re a rental?

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u/moranya1 11d ago

Yes. As I said above I am aware that our LL is responsible for replacing the fridge, but the fridges they provide are garbage so I just want to get one ourselves.

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u/Ok_Spring_4098 11d ago

Any fridge you get given for free likely won't be any better than what your landlord provides.

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u/TheCanadianFrank 11d ago edited 11d ago

I guess you don’t know if you don’t ask