Re: To those who have a "Fear" of a propane "Anything",don't!!!
Criss Colon said:
What do you cook with,"wood",charcoal,electricity(You can't afford to cook with electricity!!!)???...Maybe you use "Propane"???
A"Gas Leak" from a municipal line in the US,can give you a potencial problem,but houses here are "Open" all year around.
Don't be foolish! There are many things here that will kill you,a propane explosion is not one of them.Ever been in a car on the street here? Worry about that!!
CC
CC, yes, you might be right, maybe a faer of propane is a bit silly, but this doesn't stop me from having an uncomfortable feeling beeing in the house fridge running on propane. Beeing at home, I want to rest and to feel comfortable, and not stick my nose in the air before I light a cigarette. My propane tanks are outside, but couldn't be there a whole in the hose going in?
Yes, of course my stove runs on propane, too, but I turn the flame of the stove on when I use it and off when I don't. (yes, I know, the hose to the stove is inside here as well and could have a leak one day). However, when the fridge is running on propane I can SEE the flame all the time, which doesn't help to learn to get over the uncomfortable feeling.
We had an "propane incident" a few years ago: we cooked meet in the oven, checking on the meet, we saw that the flame had gone out. What we didn't notice was, that the flame must have been off allready a long time before we checked. My husband sticking is hand with a lighter into the stove to turn it on again, was thrown 15 feet backwards by a huge flame coming out of the oven. Luckily he suffered only minor burns on his hands and face, but yes, I do have a very uncomfortable feeling beeing around propane.
And anyway, the propane fear was not a reason, that I got rid of my propane fridge, maybe I would have learnt one day to live with it. My propane fridge broke.
I decided not to get a propane fridge again, because:
- way too expensive to buy new
- cannot be repaired when problems with the gas system
- heats up the house when running on propane
- last point: my (silly) propane fear
Originally posted by Lyse
Guagualita, How many cubic feet ??
Lyse: I bought a DAEWOO FR-2701, which has 9.5 cu.ft.
The total volume is a little bit less, than we planned to buy, but it's a good mid size fridge, about 5 feet high, and big enough for a 3 person household. The top freezer volume is even bigger than my old frigde.
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