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Post by coldspaces on Nov 23, 2013 17:06:33 GMT
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Post by ChrisJ on Nov 23, 2013 19:16:40 GMT
So it sounds like the best thing to do is seal the outside of the cabinet and remove any tape from the breaker strips. I guess the outer top seal is most important but I'm not too sure removing the inner top seal is acceptable. It seemed, at least on my CA form A that this would expose holes in the box top.
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Post by cablehack on Nov 24, 2013 23:06:55 GMT
Interesting to see this article. It confirms what I suspected. But, I have to wonder how the CA-1 cabinet became so wet when it is ventilated to the inside. I can only put it down to the door seal letting in moisture faster than it could build up on the evaporator.
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Post by ChrisJ on Nov 24, 2013 23:10:57 GMT
Your CA cabinet was vented to the inside? None of my 3 are.
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Post by coldspaces on Nov 24, 2013 23:23:04 GMT
Edit: not sure how I messed up the quote but here is what it should say. "I can only put it down to the door seal letting in moisture faster than it could build up on the evaporator." I believe this is possible. Overloading the evap with a bad seal or letting too much frost build up and a bad door seal. I am thinking a real thick build up of frost would make a difference on how much moisture could be trapped by the evap.
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Post by cablehack on Nov 25, 2013 1:16:48 GMT
The fact that there's signs of 'vigourous manual defrosting'; i.e. scratch marks all over the evaporator, could support the theory it was icing up excessively. The replacement door seal installed by a previous owner was a narrow neoprene strip which did not cover the holes around the edge of the door. I'll probably take the bottom Textolite strip off in 6 months and see how things are inside the cabinet. Even so, I'm already at an advantage with the polystyrene foam - it won't hold water like the cardboard did.
My X5 cabinet is not sealed around the Textolite, but my X7 is. The changeover must have been in between when the two were made.
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