This Old Appliance - Frigidaire Refrigerator

This is a 1937 Frigidaire refrigerator in working condition. We picked this up from a neighbor for $50. We repainted it but its in great working order. It uses 5 amps at start-up and 1 amp the rest of the time. Its low energy use because it does not have an auto-defrost cycle like most modern refrigerators. A couple of downsides, it has a small freezer box and doesn't hold all that much.

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[bainesmanning]

I recently cleaned out some old documents that belonged to my father. I found an invoice from Dec 30, 1936 where he bought a Super 5-36 Frigidaire for $211.00 from a dealer in Kingsville, Texas

[johnjbaldacci]

Nice fridge I have a Gm Frigidaire posted under -1948 frigidaire _ on youtube that I restored, with all the round edges and chrome handle and emblems its cool to have one still running and to see that there are some still out there in use like mine. I barely rescued it from the trash repainted my self and had chrome re done at an awsome shop known as "Precision metal" they did a perfect job looks like new.

[TheSpazModic]

Exactly.  Old fridges can be efficent. They are usually pretty quiet too--no fans, compressors turn at exactly half the speed of modern units.

[tesskansas]

@ironhead41 yes, I know.

[ironhead41]

those are great in low humidity areas......you could see the frost grow an inch everytime you opened them in nc....lol....

[SasyBecause]

My brother has one that was my gramps But the compressor is on the top.... It itook hurricane flooding and is still running

[tuffnutt34]

thats a neat ol fridge, there was a old one kind of like that in a building on my place when I bought it 20 years ago, I plugged it in a couple years ago and it worked like new, I don't remember what brand it is though