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Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:38 pm
by Ian
I doubt whether anyone will be remotely interested in this, mainly because of the price, but my source in Japan has managed to track down some of the fridges (or are they cool boxes?) that form part of the Mazda fitted kitchen cubes. We thought that these were deleted long ago, and perhaps they have been. But he's found some in a warehouse if anyone is interested.
That's the good bit. The bad news is that they will cost 75,000 yen each, plus import duty, postage and VAT.
Any takers?
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:09 pm
by PisceanJoy
what that in £s?
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:10 pm
by PisceanJoy
Thats nearly £600 if the convertor I used is correct
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:11 pm
by dave_aber
£593.62 according to
www.xe.com
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:11 pm
by francophile1947
Hmm - final cost around £800
Are you sure he hasn't made a mistake with the price?
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:48 pm
by slow_n_low
Some peeps have more money than sens
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:07 pm
by Ian
francophile1947 wrote:Hmm - final cost around £800
Are you sure he hasn't made a mistake with the price?
I've double checked, and in fact it may be even more expensive! Import duty on these items is 15%, postage (for 4 fridges) is £160, plus 20% VAT. So about £875 I reckon..........
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:15 pm
by francophile1947
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:25 pm
by digitalgypsy
Hello chaps,
Latecomer to the post here...
I have the factory kitchen along with the fridge/coolbox. It works absolutely fine but I'm just wondering what type of fridge it is, if anyone knows? Is it anything like a compressor fridge? I've heard that compressor fridges are very efficient so tempted to upgrade.
Thanks for any helpful info!
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:52 pm
by Velocette
digitalgypsy wrote:Hello chaps,
Latecomer to the post here...
I have the factory kitchen along with the fridge/coolbox. It works absolutely fine but I'm just wondering what type of fridge it is, if anyone knows? Is it anything like a compressor fridge? I've heard that compressor fridges are very efficient so tempted to upgrade.
Thanks for any helpful info!
Which of these does it sound like?
intermittent vibration noise = compressor fridge
Constant fan noise = thermo-electric
Totally silent= absorption fridge
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:39 pm
by digitalgypsy
Thanks Velocette!
Almost definitely a thermo-electric fridge then, quite sure it's a constant fan noise. Now apprehensively researching thermo-electric fridges
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:45 am
by Velocette
digitalgypsy wrote:Thanks Velocette!
Almost definitely a thermo-electric fridge then, quite sure it's a constant fan noise. Now apprehensively researching thermo-electric fridges
They are the most power hungry unfortunately but I don't think they would be as expensive as Ian is talking about
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:47 am
by helen&tony
Hi
Adding to Velocette's list, there is a 4th type....if it makes this noise:
BANG
it's an incorrectly fitted gas 'fridge!
Cheers
Helen
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:57 am
by Velocette
helen&tony wrote:Hi
Adding to Velocette's list, there is a 4th type....if it makes this noise:
BANG
it's an incorrectly fitted gas 'fridge!
Cheers
Helen
Re: Fridge for Factory Fitted Kitchen
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 11:15 pm
by Rhod
The original fridge fitted in the Mazda kitchen unit is a compressor fridge. I can't remember the make off-hand (Bongo is off having new front shocks), but it's a fairly high quality unit & is pretty effective. A bit more power hungry than the more modern versions though.