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When I bought this house, it had three refrigerators (one in the back house). All varying degrees of old, all cheap, but all working. I unplugged all but one, since it's just me and the dogs/cat. The one I was using died today. So, I plugged in the other one in the front house...also now seemingly dead. No sound and not getting cooler. So, now I've got to hope the one in the back house isn't also dead and figure out how to move it to the front. And, quickly, since all my food is thawing.

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Past me has one again fucked me over, because the fridge in the back is completely surrounded by junk. I've been using the back house for storage.
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lol. The previous owner had one of these monstrosities on the fridge plug for reasons I can't fathom (the house is wired with three-prong grounded outlets everywhere). It was ancient and melted. I removed that adapter (non-trivial, as it was melted/corroded on) and the fridge fired right up. I mean, the compressor started, it didn't ignite.
An adapter for connecting a grounded three-prong plug to a two-prong outlet with a grounding tab.
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You are supposed to put a little screw with a ground wire in that loop.

I have NEVER seen this done.

OMG: I just realized. It's a LITERAL "legal loophole"

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@futurebird yep, the ground tab was bent away from the outlet...guaranteeing no ground contact. People don't make sense. I used to work as a sound person and DJ and I can't count the number of times I was handed an extension cord with the ground pin ripped out, "to prevent hum". (I always used my own grounded extension cords, and if I needed a ground lift for hum, I had that capability in my DI).
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I think I did it once. It's suppose to line up with the mounting screw for the cover plate, IIRC.
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@futurebird my dad of grandpa taught me to do that so we had a few of these. Typically though not a screw through that loop but copper wire you then earth/ground somewhere — often by tying it to the screw holding the plastic outlet frame in if that screw connects to the metal frame of the power box the wires come through, which it did typically by the 1970s.
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There is a #SolarPunk solution to dead fridges, tho. Even when dead, they are still well-insulated cabinets and can revert to being just a regular for-real ice box, when the freezer compartment is in the top. Relive the pre-refrigeration generations our country was founded on and just cram the freezer compartment with ice, and that'll keep the bottom part cold. Just make sure it's all contained so the meltwater doesn't go down there.
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@claralistensprechen5th if it came to it, I also have a motorhome in the back yard with a working fridge (propane and electric), so I could save my food by transporting it to there. I am rich in refrigeration options. But, since it turned out to be just a dumb grounding adapter, everything can stay where it is and I am no longer in a panic to get things relocated.
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@claralistensprechen5th they also make excellent smokers for preserving meat with a bit of fiddling. When we lived up north, that's what we used.
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