Q: Is a refrigerator sometimes referred to as an icebox in American usage? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are refrigerators refrigerators that work on the magnetocaloric effect? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were refrigerators white? ¶
A: Yes, but from the mid-1950s through present day designers and manufacturers put color onto refrigerators.
Q: Are refrigerators regulated, often mandating the removal of doors? ¶
A: Yes, children playing hide-and-seek have been asphyxiated while hiding inside discarded refrigerators, particularly older models with latching doors.
Q: Are refrigerators extremely reliable because the moving parts and fluids are sealed from the atmosphere for life? ¶
A: Yes, and with no possibility of leakage or contamination.
Q: Are refrigerators powered by electricity? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are refrigerators refrigerators that use resonant linear reciprocating motors/alternators to generate a sound that is converted to heat and cold using compressed helium gas? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a refrigerator the glass fronted beverage cooler? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are refrigerators designed to reduce electrical consumption? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Was a refrigerator invented by Baltzar von Platen and Carl Munters from Sweden in 1922? ¶
A: Yes, while they were still students at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Q: Are refrigerators by far the most common type? ¶
A: Yes, they make a noticeable noise.
Q: Were refrigerators introduced in 1915 and gained wider acceptance in the United States in the 1930s as prices fell and non-toxic? ¶
A: Yes, and non-flammable synthetic refrigerants such as Freon-12 were introduced.
Q: Are refrigerators those that are 20% to 24? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were refrigerators developed in the 1970s and 1980s? ¶
A: Yes, and even though environmental issues led to the banning of very effective refrigerants.
Q: Are refrigerators designed to use electricity intermittently? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Was a refrigerator then refurbished? ¶
A: Yes, and with new door seals, a thorough cleaning and the removal of items, such as the cover that is strapped to the back of many older units.
Q: Is a refrigerator measured in either liters or cubic feet? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a refrigerator above freeze point and can pass the warmer-than-freezing air through the evaporator or cold plate to aid the defrosting cycle? ¶
A: Yes.