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FU / Facepalm: Refrigerator broken ? NOPE ! - cbelt3 - 01-11-2013
Followup to this moment of panic, and the next evening's entertainment of tracing wires and cables and whatnot....
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1490066,1490729#msg-1490729
The burning /oily smell in the kitchen ?
It was from a 'potpourri heater' that mrs. cbelt3 had left on. And had boiled itself dry. Which semi-oily gunk then proceeded to smolder.
It's gone, and the odor of burning.. whatever is no longer around. My melted neurons, OTOH....
D'oh !
Re: FU / Facepalm: Refrigerator broken ? NOPE ! - OWC Jamie - 01-11-2013
so, what kind of fridge did you get ?
Re: FU / Facepalm: Refrigerator broken ? NOPE ! - cbelt3 - 01-11-2013
The old one is still there. It was running OK and all the circuits tested out. I was going crazy trying to find the source of the 'melty problem'. Aaargghhh.
Re: FU / Facepalm: Refrigerator broken ? NOPE ! - mattkime - 01-11-2013
there goes my "stuck in reverse" theory!
Re: FU / Facepalm: Refrigerator broken ? NOPE ! - Acer - 01-11-2013
Perhaps the mrs. "forgot" the potpourri because the mrs. wants a new fridge...
ecret:
Re: FU / Facepalm: Refrigerator broken ? NOPE ! - Robert M - 01-11-2013
cbelt,
That's annoying. As my good friend Homer would say..... D'oh! Glad it wasn't the fridge. Methinks you should remove the 'potpourri heater' from the premises. I don't allow devices of that type in my home because they are too easy to forget and leave on, just like what happened in your kitchen. Same goes for Glade plug-ins and similar kind of devices.
Robert
Re: FU / Facepalm: Refrigerator broken ? NOPE ! - lafinfil - 01-11-2013
Go ahead and vacuum it out as an act of penance (it probably needs it anyway)
Re: FU / Facepalm: Refrigerator broken ? NOPE ! - August West - 01-11-2013
Acer wrote:
Perhaps the mrs. "forgot" the potpourri because the mrs. wants a new fridge...
Re: FU / Facepalm: Refrigerator broken ? NOPE ! - Racer X - 01-12-2013
cbelt3 wrote:
Followup to this moment of panic, and the next evening's entertainment of tracing wires and cables and whatnot....
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1490066,1490729#msg-1490729
The burning /oily smell in the kitchen ?
It was from a 'potpourri heater' that mrs. cbelt3 had left on. And had boiled itself dry. Which semi-oily gunk then proceeded to smolder.
It's gone, and the odor of burning.. whatever is no longer around. My melted neurons, OTOH....
D'oh !
Gaak! I hope it isn't one of those Glade plug-in Home Incinerator models. Countless house fires have resulted from them.