Tin Yachtsman
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I bought my house about a year ago, and 8 months ago I bought a refrigerator to put in a small room adjacent to the pool. I figured that it would be nice not to have to run inside the house every time we wanted a drink. The room also has all of the pool chemicals stored inside. This weekend my wife reported that the fridge was not cooling. When I pulled the fridge out, the copper? tubing on the back had a thick layer of green corrosion on it, much like a corroded battery terminal. I took the fridge back to Home Depot, where I was pleasantly surprised at how little hassle I received when I asked for a replacement without a receipt. I can't say for sure that the green corrosion caused the failure, but it seemed like an unusual amount of corrosion for an eight month old fridge. I want to make sure I don't have to do this again in eight more months, so I'm trying to figure out the source of the corrosion, at least. Would chlorine do that? I don't really store too much, and it's in closed containers. There's also always a bottle of granulated muriatic acid. Any other ideas?