OT - My freezer smells weird

[Deester]

Tonight I took a large knive and got rid of all the ice in my freezer so i could fit food in again.

As I removed the ice there was a weird hissing sound that eventually stopped but sounded like built up pressure releasing.

Now it smells particularly strange.

Is this a bad thing? Should I be worried.

I'm no sure who to call at this hour of the night so I thought I would ask you guys.

[Psychobert]

Have you cut into the insulation? I'm wondering if the weird hissing sound was the refrigerant escaping.. I seem to remember being told not to use a carving knife to prize the ice off a fridge due to the possibility of damaging it..

[joolzb]

Sounds bad, probly smells it too. Not really a good idea to use sharp objects to hack away as you've prob pierced a hole. Best get that sellotape out to mend it.

[deltaf]

You cant mend it. Its pierced the coolant pipes and allowed the refrigerant to escape.
ventilate the house as well as the fridge and dont use it! Unplug it.

[joolzb]

deltaf said:

You cant mend it. Its pierced the coolant pipes and allowed the refrigerant to escape. ventilate the house as well as the fridge and dont use it! Unplug it.

Yep, I was joking. It's more than likely knack'd and helped the greenhouse effect no end.

[unlicensed]

o/t
deester, get on msn, i already came up with a game, wanna hear bout it. Interested in buying?

[DennisTheMenace]

where else could you find someone killing a fridge at 11pm on a saturday

Yep you have released the chilling stuff from your fridge its dead ventilate the kitchen as delta has said , not good stuff to inhale

[Deester]

I'm guessing its dangerous?

[deltaf]

DennisTheMenace said:

where else could you find someone killing a fridge at 11pm on a saturday Yep you have released the chilling stuff from your fridge its dead ventilate the kitchen as delta has said , not good stuff to inhale

Denny you kill me man!

[joolzb]

Not many! You still with us?

[Psychobert]

Deester said:

I'm guessing its dangerous?

Only in a poisonous/toxic sort of way.. Best open a few windows and buy a new one. On the positive side, you may not have too much trouble disposing of it as there won't be any CFCs in it to worry about..

[simpo two]

I did exactly this years ago - it can be fixed fairly cheaply by getting a bloke in to seal the puncture (looks a bit like grey sealing wax) and re-pressurising.

>> Edited by simpo two on Saturday 20th December 23:51

[DennisTheMenace]

deltaf said:

DennisTheMenace said: where else could you find someone killing a fridge at 11pm on a saturday Yep you have released the chilling stuff from your fridge its dead ventilate the kitchen as delta has said , not good stuff to inhale Denny you kill me man!

not as much as deester is killing me defrosting his fridge on a sat night !! f**king classic
the only time mine defrosts is when there is a powercut

[Deester]

DennisTheMenace said:

deltaf said: DennisTheMenace said: where else could you find someone killing a fridge at 11pm on a saturday Yep you have released the chilling stuff from your fridge its dead ventilate the kitchen as delta has said , not good stuff to inhale Denny you kill me man! not as much as deester is killing me defrosting his fridge on a sat night !! f**king classic the only time mine defrosts is when there is a powercut

Lets get this straight... I didn't defrost it! my girlfriend said "hmmm, we need more space in the freezer" I said "OK". Big knive in hand I hacked the ice out and unfortunately made a hole or two...

Its now unplugged and all my windows are open.

My god im useless!

[unlicensed]

now u get to eat all your food before it goes bad.
then go get on msn

[joolzb]

Not too sure how they're made. If the freezer compartment bit is in a vacuum then you're probably ok, prob just a re-seal like Simpo says, if you've pierced the tubes then you're in for a new fridge I would reckon. As for the knife, try blunting it first.

Good luck.

[DennisTheMenace]

Deester said:

DennisTheMenace said: deltaf said: DennisTheMenace said: where else could you find someone killing a fridge at 11pm on a saturday Yep you have released the chilling stuff from your fridge its dead ventilate the kitchen as delta has said , not good stuff to inhale Denny you kill me man! not as much as deester is killing me defrosting his fridge on a sat night !! f**king classic the only time mine defrosts is when there is a powercut Lets get this straight... I didn't defrost it! my girlfriend said "hmmm, we need more space in the freezer" I said "OK". Big knive in hand I hacked the ice out and unfortunately made a hole or two... Its now unplugged and all my windows are open. My god im useless!

Thats it pass the buck

[Deester]

joolzb said:

Not too sure how they're made. If the freezer compartment bit is in a vacuum then you're probably ok, prob just a re-seal like Simpo says, if you've pierced the tubes then you're in for a new fridge I would reckon. As for the knife, try blunting it first. Good luck.

Its the freezer compartment bit and I seem to have piereced the plastic area that carrys round the coolant.

New fridge on Monday... I need a beer.

Cheers guys!



Note to self - Leave sharp objects alone on Saturday night.

[simpo two]

Deester said:

New fridge on Monday... I need a beer.

Maybe get a frost-free one!
NB To get rid of your old freezer do what my accountant did. He left in on the verge outside his house for a week or two hoping someone would nick it. They didn't. So then he put a sign on it saying 'Fridge for sale £50'. It promptly disappeared

[wedg1e]

Oh, THIS sounds familiar. When my ex and I set up house together, we had two sets of everything. So we decided which to keep and which to get rid of. We kept 'my' fridge freezer. Then she did the pointy-knife-in-the-ice trick and shagged it. So I (not 'her', or even 'we') had to buy a new one...