My hairdryer led me into the abyss. Fairly new, with all ‘ionic’ features,
whatever that means, the ding-dang dryer was acting up. It would blow hot hair, then cold; it would
produce lots of air, then very little.
First thought: I’d bought a lemon; second thought: Is there a problem with the air vents? Are they obstructed?
Were they ever! I took a tweezers to those layers of
dust. Gone! Result: the hairdryer operated as good as new.
I walk by the refrigerator. A yellow indicator light draws my attention
and I squint to read the information.
“Clean coils!” What? More dust and more havoc to deal with? On my knees, then flattened on my side, I
shine the flashlight into a place no one ought to have to look. Horrors!
Globs of dust everywhere.
Now where do I find a brush narrow enough and long
enough to clean out those coils? And how
important is this task? I use the
longest brush cleaner I have; I even stick a wood lefse turner into the dark
reaches, hoping I’ll gather up some dust.
I bring out globs of the stuff, but more remains, unreachable. Yet, the indicator light goes out. Success!
Later I think: I should have turned off the power on the
refrigerator while I dug around those dark places. I won’t forget to add that safety feature
next time.
Here’s the thing.
Our kitchen refrigerator has stood in place for about 20 years. We ‘owned’ it when we bought the house in
2000. I swear, no one has ever cleaned
those coils. Did you know there’s a pan
for collecting water down there? How
gross does yours look compared to mine?
Worse, we brought a very old refrigerator to this
house to provide coolness to my chardonnay wine collection. Forty years of chill-time? Have I ever cleaned its coils? Of course not! But now I’m thinking I better, even if I
don’t want to.
Lesson to self:
One obstruction leads to another.
Question for my readers: What else have we forgotten
to clean out after all these years?
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