Thursday July 10th, almost end of the work day, Wife texted me if I did anything to the fridge in the kitchen. The freezer stopped working! I cannot remember why I wanted to do it, but I thought about moving the fridge out enough to get to the back and Swiff it. Clean it, gather up some dust. Not long ago Wife started stacking these plastic boxes bought from Temu or such to better organize things but I think they choke the fridge. There just isn't enough circulation of air. Thought I did but didn't do anything, that's why Wife asked, maybe to blame me for somehow killing the freezer. The time has come, but alas Swiffing didn't do much. There were some grills so I used a hand vacuum to pull out dirt bunnies. Using a vacuum designed specifically for computer keyboards got some more bunnies, but nothing changed. I cannot recall the exact sequence of events, but I think I unplugged the unit, unscrewed the cover, there is so much dust to remove. Over fifteen years, the fridge was not cleaned once. Note to self: treat the next fridge better. Once a year it should be cleaned. For this current fridge, while much dust was removed from the fan and it started to spin again, nothing changed. Maybe the compressor is dead. Sadly, it costs too much to repair, so fifteen years is a good run, we will shop for a new one on the weekend.
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