Found a dead mouse inside a fridge compressor last Tuesday in Phoenix

Pulled the back panel off a Samsung that wasn't cooling and there it was all dried up blocking the fan. Has anyone else run into weird critter damage on sealed systems like this?

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michael_williams1d ago

Dried up and blocking the fan? That's some serious work for a tiny mouse to do. I've pulled apart old fridges and found dust bunnies the size of tumbleweeds, but never a whole carcass. Gotta respect the commitment to causing a total system failure though. Phoenix heat probably baked that little guy into a crisp before he could even think about moving on.

henry_anderson541d agoMost Upvoted

Dried up mouse jerky blocking the fan is a new level of bad luck. Phoenix heat probably just mummified the thing on the spot, no decomposition needed. Total system failure from one tiny crispy critter.

scott.alex1d ago

I pulled a sunbaked lizard out of a window AC unit a few summers back. Thing was drier than a saltine cracker and had clearly been there since the spring. It wasn't even blocking the fan, just stuck to the coils, but it took a flathead screwdriver and some patience to chip it off without damaging anything. That Phoenix heat really does turn these little guys into hardware components.