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Coach McGuirk Coach McGuirk OP
Jan 02, 2026 at 11:22 AM ET
OK lounge, it is once again time for "Give me your appliance tips".
I didn't write it all down the last time we went thru this, so humor me. Right now, I am getting a maddening beep from my Whirlpool side by side. I've watched a million videos trying to figure out how to shut it up, to no avail. The fridge works pretty well otherwise, except that it freezes stuff in the top left corner of the fridge part. It has been doing that from day one, but I just deal with it. If I could just get it to shut up, my life would be fine again. But I'm pretty sure I am going to snap and take a hammer to it soon. So give me your new fridge choices. And please include the "never again" brands (Is it Samsung here?). And if anyone wants to toss out any ideas on how to disable the beeping, that would be most awesome. Thanks.

11 Replies

B777Fr8Dog B777Fr8Dog
7mo
I love Samsung
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BleedinOandM
7mo
I am guessing the videos mentioned it....
but the door open sensor on my refrigerator went bad and it thought it was always open, thus giving a beeping sound every 15 seconds or so. I replaced that sensor and all good.
Tafkam Hokie Tafkam Hokie
7mo
Two pretty solid pieces of advice on refrigerators
1 - Not Samsung. 2 - Don't get anything with an ice dispenser in the door of the refrigerator. Ice needs to be in the freezer, not the refrigerator. Trying to dispense ice from the refrigerator (as opposed to the freezer) is a completely unnecessary thermodynamic problem that is prone to failure.
ColoVT82 ColoVT82
7mo
Shades of Dr Lewis (aoe dept) thermo II class question on day 1 of quarter
SDHokie SDHokie
7mo
The ice maker has been a problem with every single refrigerator I have
owned, and that includes an >$9,000 Liebherr that was otherwise amazing. I moved to rural France five years ago where appliance repair techs don’t go, so we got a huge, beautiful Falcon by Rangemaster w/o a water dispenser or ice maker. It is the only refrigerator I have owned in my adult life that hasn’t had a single issue with frost, frozen vegetables, ice build up, etc. I just make ice in ice trays old school style.
Coach McGuirk Coach McGuirk OP
7mo
+1 for moving to rural France!
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
7mo
Just because you were let go at the Samsung design team is no reason for
bitterness.
astrohokie astrohokie
7mo
Yup, & if an ice freak, just get a countertop unit- works great & <$150
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HokieDiver
7mo
Here is a new side by side for you: https://a.co/d/gTFPCye
Coach McGuirk Coach McGuirk OP
7mo
Price is right
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chemhokie
7mo
Handy how video linked below