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38 of 38 persons found the following review helpful.
New design is wrong and leaks constantly
By Greg S
I have had my Frigidare refrigerator for in regards to 5 years now. The filters employed to have a thick housing over the two littler cylinders and it worked wonderfully. I never experienced any troubles with those filters. About 2 years ago they changed the design taking away the outer housing leaving only the two littler cylinders. Since then I have been through 8 filters in two years. When you cover the outlet hole and blow into the inlet hole, you may see the water spirt out of the side of the cartridge. It doesn’t always occur at the top seal; however, a lot of times the leak is in the plastic but you may see where the seam glue has run down to the spot where it’s leaking. It appears that the glue they are using is dissolving the weak plastic and causing it to leak. I’m not sure what you may do when it comes to it but I just save my receipts and take them back regarding each 2-4 months when they fail. It’s a pain but the manufacturer won’t do anything with regards to it. I just won’t buy another Frigidare in the future!
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
A Tip About The Filter and Ice Maker
By Copy RuStar
First, I saw that one reviewer has a problem with leaking filters when applied in an older Frigidaire. I’ve had no such problem with the initial filter and two replacements that I’ve installed. (And yuck! to see what those filters have got rid of from the city water!) So, possibly higher than normal water pressure is the problem and could perhaps be regulated. Just a thought.
My Rating:
The filters are 5-star performers but even at Amazon’s lower price, I still consider them “pricey”, so I dropped a star.
My Tip:
I held my last filter in until performance (delivered water flow rate) had diminished considerably. It was sort of an experiment in economy. I was astonished when my ice maker started to jam with the under-sized “cubes” (they are actually shaped like half of a big thick coin) resulting from the slower water flow through the old filter. One or more of the ice ejector cogs would get jammed with one of the “runt” cubes. What evidently happens is that the water fill operation is controlled completely by a timer, so scaled down flow results in less water delivered to the tray cavities. The cycle proceeds and results in little cubes of ice for which the ejectors are not designed.
So my tip is that if you try to extend the life of the filter by accepting the slower water deliverance rate, pay attention to the size of the ice cubes. When they are scaled down to when it comes to two-thirds normal size, the ice maker is likely to become jammed. It’s easy to see the problem after removing the cover from the ice maker, but the only solution is to install a new filter. Once I cleared the jam without apparent effort by hand but had to (carefully) use an ice pick the next time – and then without delay installed a new filter!
Regards,
EdB
8 of 8 persons found the following review helpful.
Exactly as Ordered
By Becky
This product is an precise match for my Frigidaire. It slid right in and after a few glasses running through the system (to get rid of the air bubbles) things are running perfective again.
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