Cheap & Easy Refrigerator Repair: 2000 Edition (Cheap and Easy)

By Douglas Emley

Book Overview

IS YOUR REFRIGERATOR: Not as cold as usual? Not cold at all? Frozen in the freezer side, and warming up in the fridge side? Whistling, warbling, chirping, clicking, or buzzing? Frosting up? Pooling... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890386111
• ISBN13: 9781890386115
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: EB Publishing
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Helpful for a Beginner Repairman

I found the book very helpful in diagnosing a few fridge problems. The pictures helped and it was an easy read.

Excellent, even for the uninitiated homeowner

It is pity to see all the legacy refrigerators going to waste. You can see the appliance store back lots filled with them and garage mechanics selling fixed ones for $150 in the WantAds.This excellent book with lots of illustrations beats out books from Time-Life, Masters, OEM mfgrs, and others. The author has already been there and done that...he doesn't need a big publisher masthead and lots of high priced editors and photographers.Refrigerators are really quite simple but there are some trouble-prone areas which includes icemakers. It has good detail diagnostic flow diagrams so you can determine which subsystem or component is bad.In my case for a 20+ year old Frigidaire with top mount freezer intended to be used in an office, where a new one costs about $600. This fridge cooled great at first, but after about 1-2 weeks would not cool or freeze any more.With this book, I easily diagnosed that a defrost heater was burned out, p37. With its good illustrations, was able to take apart the freezer section, lift the evap coils, and find the heater. Described it (1" dia x 17" long) over the phone to a appliance parts store. Picked it up for $27, and voila! it is still running after 3 months.I read this book from the local library and also saw another book by the same author, "Refrigerator Repair Under $40," ISBN 1-884348-00-9 which has about the same content. Highly recommended, would not been able to save this fridge without it.

Quick cheap solution

Quick solutions to problems. Layed out in an easily followed format, a diagramed diagnosis led me right to the problem. Total cost of repair including book was $45.00, a trip to the parts store and 20 minutes installation time, for a defrost timer.