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At first, I thought "Wow, this guy knows a bunch about fridges!" but then I realized it's not by choice. I like not having to know anything about my fridge except basic maintenance, it feels like a gift now.

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Late last year over the span of two months I got the privilege of learning how to diagnose and repair problems with my water heater (bad flame sensor), HVAC (feather/cruft blocking a tube), and oven (bottom element burned out).

While I’m glad enough to save the money, definitely not eager to learn how to fix the fridge too.

Yeah the figuring it out part feels good sometimes, but since it's rarely the same thing that goes wrong each time then the learning doesn't actually help much. Hence the repair man who supposedly does stuff like this all day frequently not finding the root cause.

Or if it is the same thing each time, that's equally frustrating.

Well it kind of is by choice. Unless the author enjoys this type of work he could have easily bought a no-feature fridge that lasts for 10-15 years.

It was definitely a mistake. I had store credit to use and felt like using it all, but should of known better. FWIW I have a no-feature fridge now.

Thank you, hope it works for many years!

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