Comment on The Raes say their fridge malfunctioned, triggering illness, and their refund offer included a 'gag clause'

WaterWaiver@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• dgriffith@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The actual quantities are pretty small, and if you’ve got burning refrigerant there are much bigger problems going on seeing as the refrigerant circuit is hermetically sealed. That kind of thing would also provoke a product safety recall. Most modern domestic fridges stick with a plain hydrocarbon refrigerant anyway (akin to butane) these days.

  But there’s plenty of other things that can burn in a modern fridge. Circuit board components, circulation fan motors, etc can all put out ridiculously bad/noxious odours when they burn out.

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  • WaterWaiver@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most modern domestic fridges stick with a plain hydrocarbon refrigerant anyway (akin to butane) these days.

    I’m yet to see R600a in Australian domestic fridges, I thought we were lagging in that department? Can you just get them at retailers now?

    if you’ve got burning refrigerant there are much bigger problems going on seeing as the refrigerant circuit is hermetically sealed

    Inhaling burning fluorine compounds > fridge not cooling any more.

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    • trk@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m yet to see R600a in Australian domestic fridges

      That’s pretty much all they are. I’d be surprised if you find anything BUT hydrocarbons fridges. Even commercial units are going to hydrocarbons now.

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• trk@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It won’t be refrigerant. It’s colourless, odorless, and tasteless. Burning something like R22 back in the day would give you the stink because it had chlorine in it, but you wouldn’t even notice 600/290 burning. It doesn’t even had the odorant in it like propane and butane.

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