Refrigerator noise

There is no way other than a sound blanket to lower the noise coming from a refrigerator. The compressor is a pump and makes noise as it runs and the hotter the air around it gets the louder it will get. Make sure it is on level ground also. This is what I do for a living trust me you cannot stop the noise no matter what you do short of remoting the compressor and condencer, very costly. Also with the new freons they seem to be getting louder especially when they startup.

yes you can simply unplug the fridge. Or you can buy a RF remote power outlet and hit a button to shut down the ice box, and hit it again to turn it back on.

Avoiding the sliding in & out of the ice box.

If replacing, the box entirely, check to see if the condenser is attached to the back of the fridge or if everything is contained underneath it behind the paper shroud.

Generally speaking, those with non exposed condensers are quieter... but not always.

The bigger the box the louder, usually. Amana's, Sub Zeero's used to be very quiet and long lasting. I've had a few others like GE, Fridgedare, & Kelvinator.

They all make noise. The larger ones make more... try the RF outletn approach... and a new box. Pocket doors might be an option to close off the kitchen from the listening area... That's what I did in the end, though it was not aimed at lessening ice box noise.

Tvad, I'm not completely "unsatisfied". It is quiet and it does do the most important job of all i.e., maintaining proper temperture, quite well. And yes, the design, (french doors w/o water dispenser) size and color worked in to our plans as well. The lay out, silly ice maker design, and perhaps more of an issue, the quality of plastic is dissapointing though. After all, 4 different broken broken pieces(including the same all important door latch, twice, for a total of 5 pieces), in very light use, in less than 2 years, is disturbing.

Unsound, I agree the ice maker design and placement is not good. I appreciate your comments. Discussing flaws is very helpful.

Hopefully, the latch issue has been corrected in the two years since you purchased yours. Otherwise, an extended warranty seems to be in our future.

The only other option appears to be a KitchenAid model, which also has some issues.

In retrospect, what other fridge would you have purchased?

Tvad

you would be well served to find out who's making who's refridgerator these days.

There's lots of names but not that many makers.

Kelvinator, Westinghouse, Fridgidare, Tappan, and Gibson were all a part of White consolidated Industries, in Illinois. Apart form esthetics they were almost identical. Gibson steered away and made a better product overall of those.

GE & Hotpoint, same thing. Kenmore & Whirlpool, same there too... get the Kenmore and save $$$.

magic Chef, Norge, & Admiral, again, same. maytag doesn't even make their own stuff entirely any more.

Unless it's all about cosmetics, getting one made in USA with local maker service, not 'authorized' is usually best.

Better still are those made by whose name is on them.

LG is Korean isn't it? I wonder who is making their boxes for them in the US?

Amana, Gibson, Thermadore, and SubZero have always made a quality product and provided great build and service. Bosch may bare looking into now.

Otherwise, despite the names, they are more alike than not... so you can go with price alone for the most part with the mainstream 'mass fi' names.