Thread | Brutkey

FF today. Time to install! So I pull out the fridge to access the plug. But gasp of course the floor under the fridge (and stove) is super yuck.

C’mon, Grandpa! — ALSO #RIP, miss ya. But also, c’mon dude!

So I get the vacuum, disinfectant and brush and get to work.

Done. Finally time to plug the damned thing in…

JL Johnson :veri_mast:
@User47@vmst.io

HAHAHA, in the words of Johnny Cash on Rock Island Line: “Well, I fooled you, I fooled you.”

Water cooler wants three prongs. This joint only has old timey 2-prong outlets. I replaced all the ones in renovated areas w/ GFCI to be up to code. But again, why bother w/ kitchen…. until now.

I could cheat and do an adapter like fridge is doing. But that’s not right.

So, ok, dig out the electrician bucket ‘o tools, circuit tracer, and a box of GFCI I already have…

JL Johnson :veri_mast:
@User47@vmst.io

Now I have a new GFCI outlet YAY. I can nearly taste the cold pure water.

I plug the cooler in and it runs for 10 seconds and gives up. I find a paper that says oh btw this needs to be flushed w/ vinegar a few times. So do that.

But nearly everything we own is in boxes. No clue where the vinegar is. Off to the Hy-Vee for a gallon that I know we have somewhere, just don’t know where…

JL Johnson :veri_mast:
@User47@vmst.io

This thread ended up being way too long. So too was the experience.

Anyway. I did the double flush, put our one and only 4-gallon jug in pushed the nasty stove and fridge back, and I guess it is doing its thing.

Boring thread. I know. But future me will forget the annoyance and only remember the fun.

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@User47@vmst.io I like real life stories. Not boring at all.