Ya’ know there are names for different groups of things.
A Pod of Wales, A Murder of Crows …
And now I submit two more.
What do you call a gathering of BLFers.
A Shine of Flashaholics.
Any others come to mind?
And finally -
A Conspiracy of Appliances.
Last weekend the ice maker in the new refrigerator decided to make water instead.
Came home to a small pond in the kitchen.
Naturally it ran across the floor, under the cabinets, under the adjacent wall into the bedroom.
Where it soaked into a few square yards of wood flooring.
Got after it with the shop vac, and several fans. Cut a hole in the bottom of one of the cabinets and made up a super sucker out of an old AC blower to draw moisture (hopefully) back from the bedroom area.
Could not even open the freezer door because water had pooled up in the bottom and froze it shut.
Took 3 days for it to thaw enough to get it open.
Here is where the conspiracy comes in. Last night just before nodding off in bed – I kept smelling something. Something wrong. Tried to identify the smell. Almost ignored it.
Then the flash cards in my brain aligned and – HOLY CRAP – I smell burning (or darned hot) electronics). Jumped out of bed. Grabbed the bedside Olight and went hunting.
Got to the kitchen and the smell was stronger. Went to the various rooms where there is all sorts of electronics.
Back to the kitchen and I could detect a bit of a beam pattern in the light smoke (?).
Got to sniffing more and decided it was the old refrigerator. Pulled it out from the wall, unplugged it.
Full of dust bunnies. Sucked them out, but didn’t think that was the problem.
Pulled off the back panel. Whoo-Wee STANK. Touched the motor – too hot to touch.
Got out more fans and started venting the house.
Turned the new fridge on – without the water connected.
Finally made it to bed about 2:30.
Next day started pulling foodstuffs out of the old fridge. And started the transfer to the new one.
A conspiracy of appliances I tell ya.
All the Best,
Jeff