Hi Lenny,
Any idea what they do with them that would make
them require that they be working?
Just curious, Betsy
At 03:57 PM 9/7/2010, you wrote:
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>Well, the old refrigerator that I am recycling
>through the pp&l program almost totally let me
>down. They are picking it up tomorrow morning.
>There was a message on my answering machine that
>it must be plugged in and running. It was
>running when it was moved outside so I plugged
>it in tonight and nothing. Here it tripped the
>gfci outlet. after resetting it did not work
>just kept tripping the outlet. Just for kicks I
>plugged it into an outlet from inside not gfci.
>This time the light came on but nothing else.
>After toying for a few minutes my son-in-law
>said hit it. I picked up one end and dropped on
>the porch and it started running. Plugged it
>back into the gfci and it it still works. I
>suspect that a relay was stuck tripping the gfci
>but not enough to short out the unprotected
>line. Anyway it is working so I will get my $35
>and free removal tomorrow morning. It reminds me
>of an old Burroughs field engineer who hit the
>computer main console and it started working,
>his comment was that they do not pay me to hit
>it but for knowing where to hit it.
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