I don't think anyone needs this level of specificity when looking at refrigerator dimensions
Ok Kitchenaid calm down
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nakedfrog
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My fridge was an incredibly close fit to get into my kitchen, the delivery guys said it couldn't be done so I told them thanks and sent them home. Rubbed a little paint off the doorframe, but the fridge did fit. Maybe if they'd had this level of precision in specs I could have chosen differently.
WelshBloke
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nakedfrog
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I'm not even confident NASA uses #/125" specificity, so we (well, kitchenaid) may very well have.We didn't invent these, mate
lxskllr
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Oh, those are fractions? I was having trouble parsing what I was seeing there. Once you start doing that dumb shit, maybe it would be better to just switch to metric like you have some sense?
nakedfrog
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Is it valid to call it an inch if it's less than 1% of the unit of measurement? Does anyone measure 1/100ths of a meter? Or do we call it something else?
nakedfrog
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You mean centimeters? Not sure one needs to go to the level of nanometers for measuring white goods and furniture.
pcgeek11
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Did you take the doors off and take it through the door sideways. I had to do this on our counter depth refrigerator. Had plenty of room with the doors off.
Did you have an unusually narrow door or was it a standard door width?
nakedfrog
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Yep, took off as much of it as I could. Standard AFAIK, house was built in 1975 and not a custom job so far as I can tell. Kitchen does have a pocket door so maybe that slimmed it down a touch.
WelshBloke
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Yeah I can't imagine a situation where I need to know a house related dimension to a 125ths of an inch - or any reasonable household tool that would allow me to get to that level of exactness
sdifox
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I ordered a fridge, measured the opening to make sure it fits. except I only measured the top and not the bottom... Took drilling into the tile and put an angle bracket in place to force the bottom of the cabinet panel enough to fit in the fridge. Contractor thinks moisture got to bottom of the cabinet panel.
But then why at the same time use fractions of 1/125 and 1/100 for the other dimensions? Just use a calculator and express it to a couple of decimal places. Or round it to the nearest 1/8 of an inch (which is what is usually marked on tape-measures). Or use metric like the civilised (not civilized, curse you spell-checker!) world
If they were installing white goods on the moon (with free delivery), maybe that level of precision might be appropriate.
Though I don't know why they didn't go with 100/792002 of a furlong, in place of inches, if they really wanted to drive their customers insane.
Red Squirrel
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With that much precision they should also specify the temperature and humidity it was measured at. It probably matters at that point. 
BurnItDwn
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The best part is that fridges also have clearance requirements on both sides, the back, and on top.. since otherwise all the heat will be trapped.
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