More on the Sabbath feature
Matt’s comment in the previous post spurred me to look up how a Sabbath feature works on a fridge. GE has a nice explanation here:
- The defrost cycle is not controlled by door openings. The defrost cycle runs on fixed clock time.
- Ice and water cannot be retrieved from the dispenser
- The main temperature control and Quick Chill™/ Express Chill™ displays will not illuminate.
- Quick Chill and temperature settings will remain at temperatures set before Sabbath Mode
- Touchpad sensor will not tone
- Door alarms will not operate
- The icemaker is automatically disabled (bottom freezer models only; icemakers in side-by-side models will continue to operate unless the icemaker power switch is set to off)
- Interior lights and dispenser lights will not operate
- Current fan state will continue as current regardless of door opening
So unless the skinny fridge interprets the scriptures differently, Metropolis Magazine is wrong: the fridge does use power; it just doesn’t do anything that involves user intervention.
(And speaking of orthodoxy, GE’s not using very good html habits. It’s all BR tags and bullet symbols in there.)
