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Post by Travis on Jun 28, 2018 14:04:49 GMT
Fridge Santa was here last night.
David come fix my belt drive Hotpoint. She’s sexy for a cheapo model.
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Post by ckfan on Jun 29, 2018 0:00:05 GMT
Fridge Santa!!! I want to see the belt drive model! It should be an odd evaporator too!
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Post by Travis on Jun 29, 2018 4:01:39 GMT
I attempted to run the motor today. The control seems to be stuck on. The motor wouldn’t run. It’s got a big old capacitor that has likely failed. It did smoke a little. I hope the previous owners didn’t cook the poor thing.
The unit appears to be factory. I didn’t try to turn the pulley. I’ll cut the belts and get the motor running and then get new belts. If it has a charge and if it’s stuck, I’ve always been told to get it rolling and possibly reseal it.
It has one of the funky evaporators like the CK35B or my DR35 has.
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Post by coldspaces on Jun 29, 2018 4:05:07 GMT
The motor smoked or the capacitor? If it was the motor that may not be good.
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Post by Travis on Jun 29, 2018 4:33:37 GMT
Motor a little
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Post by elec573 on Jun 29, 2018 5:08:25 GMT
It’s toast , Travis you know when you see smoke (it’s toast) !!! Hopefully you prove me wrong!
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Post by Travis on Jun 29, 2018 5:31:53 GMT
It may be bad. I’ve had a lot of things smoke that have lived. I’ll dig into the cap block and replace the guts. If it still smokes, I’ll rewind it. I’m not installing a modern motor on a 1934 fridge. That would be bs.
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Post by ckfan on Jun 29, 2018 11:16:34 GMT
Wow, I’m surprised it looks original. Now I really want to see it! And yes, you want the original motor. Even if it has to be rewound it won’t be near as much of a headache as rewinding a DR. So do you think it still has an SO2 system in place?
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Post by turbokinetic on Jun 29, 2018 14:42:50 GMT
Fridge Santa was here last night. David come fix my belt drive Hotpoint. She’s sexy for a cheapo model. Love it when Fridge Santa comes! Will have to come up and see it! but I bet you'll get it going before I get there!!! I attempted to run the motor today. The control seems to be stuck on. The motor wouldn’t run. It’s got a big old capacitor that has likely failed. It did smoke a little. I hope the previous owners didn’t cook the poor thing. The unit appears to be factory. I didn’t try to turn the pulley. I’ll cut the belts and get the motor running and then get new belts. If it has a charge and if it’s stuck, I’ve always been told to get it rolling and possibly reseal it. It has one of the funky evaporators like the CK35B or my DR35 has. This is not good.... but only means troubleshooting required! . It’s toast , Travis you know when you see smoke (it’s toast) !!! Hopefully you prove me wrong!
As you know, toast can be delicious, and a small amount of smoke can be desirable! Not time to give up....
It may be bad. I’ve had a lot of things smoke that have lived. I’ll dig into the cap block and replace the guts. If it still smokes, I’ll rewind it. I’m not installing a modern motor on a 1934 fridge. That would be bs. Couple questions about the motor....
Does the motor shaft turn freely? That's the first thing to correct if it won't turn by hand.
If it rotates freely, try wrapping a string around the pulley and using that to spin up the motor. Power it on while it's spinning rapidly and see if it will take off. If it runs with low amps and no smoke at this point, then you're more than likely looking at a capacitor or centrifugal switch problem.
Can you see the windings with a flashlight? Remembering that color of the winding is not important - look for areas with melted copper beads, or "loose or frayed" turns of winding that no longer have any varnish left.
EDIT: This one smoked, and even had a minor fire.... and still works! www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-xwQhjwbKw
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Post by turbokinetic on Jun 29, 2018 22:21:37 GMT
Fridge Santa was here last night.
If Fridge Santa brings belt drive fridges, then this must have been a Stocking Stuffer brought by the elves:
LOL it seems the filter drier for my 31 Frigidaire project arrived.
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Post by Travis on Oct 20, 2018 4:00:02 GMT
Thanks to David and Ray, we now have signs of life from the Hotpoint! The smoking motor was due to a bad centrifugal switch. The start cap was also bad. It had some of it's so2 in the system.
It's now been charged with 152a. It needs a larger start capacitor and I believe the control is faulty. Besides all that, it ran and bounced on it's springs and made cold. Yay!
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Post by turbokinetic on Oct 20, 2018 5:13:13 GMT
Thanks to David and Ray, we now have signs of life from the Hotpoint! The smoking motor was due to a bad centrifugal switch. The start cap was also bad. It had some of it's so2 in the system. It's now been charged with 152a. It needs a larger start capacitor and I believe the control is faulty. Besides all that, it ran and bounced on it's springs and made cold. Yay! Some of the festivities...
Topless action:
I know the wiring looks ghetto! But it's just for a test....
We have frost!
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Post by birkie on Oct 20, 2018 17:37:24 GMT
Very nice! looks like a fun time.
Is that float essentially a DR float, in that it has a central rod and a spring at the bottom that pulls the needle up when the purge screw is opened up a few turns?
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Post by turbokinetic on Oct 20, 2018 20:28:16 GMT
Very nice! looks like a fun time. Is that float essentially a DR float, in that it has a central rod and a spring at the bottom that pulls the needle up when the purge screw is opened up a few turns?
Hi Aaron. It was indeed a fun time! Now I am rolling southward home with two lifetimes worth of projects in the back of a rental truck!
As for the float, it did appear to be like a DR float, however it apparently doesn't have the needle lift function. We had to run the compressor during the evacuation process; to evacuate the low-side of the system - as with a CK.
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Post by ckfan on Oct 21, 2018 5:03:14 GMT
I really enjoyed meeting David and I learned quite a bit from him. I enjoyed helping to resurrect this piece of GE history. Very cool stuff. I only had to shriek away in terror a few times from the SO2.
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