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Post by coldspaces on Dec 22, 2013 0:09:12 GMT
Not exactly a vintage refrigerator but part of of my collection. My grandfather I believe got this from a customer it the late 60s that didn't want to replace the fan motor. Grandpa fixed it and gave it to my parents to use when I was young. I have hung onto it it over the years as it was made the same year I was born and it has a pancake compressor that I always thought was cool. It is actually the first vintage refrigeration piece I ever collected. I was 2 months and one day old when Tecumseh made the pancake compressor on 7-23-1961. It still works and is full of r12, could use a rewire though. Last pic is of the coil with condensation on it from me running it for the first time in 2-3 years. |
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Post by ChrisJ on Dec 22, 2013 0:22:37 GMT
Has that been run much?
I have a few year old machine in my basement that runs almost 24/7 from the spring to the fall and I have no idea how long its going to last.
It does keep the basement below 50% which is good but the dirt floor combined with the stone walls is just impossible to compete with.
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Post by coldspaces on Dec 22, 2013 0:42:57 GMT
Was used full time years ago, I would guess it ran a lot for the first 20 years or so of its life at least. Main thing as with everything else, clean the dirt out periodically. Not sure the newer ones will stay sealed for 52 years.
By the way this unit only has a on off switch, no humidistat to cycle it. Bet it still has the original start rely no more than it would have had to cycle.
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Post by blackhorse on Sept 17, 2014 12:49:52 GMT
With the cover off that looks very much like my Oasis dehumidifier, same compressor, copper coils, though mine has a low temp thermostat attached to the accumulator. And an odd fan motor that the outside of the motor rotates along with the fan blade. (which yours may have had, as you said it was replaced earlier).
I have one I've been holding on to, an old Westinghouse. It has the odd Westinghouse compressor that pivots in a yoke on one end and is suspended by springs on the sides, that Westinghouse used in their early refrigerators.
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Post by coldspaces on Sept 17, 2014 17:20:13 GMT
Maybe your Oassis was made by the same company that made mine for Kelvinator. The motor sounds like the old inside out motor I used to see in window units.
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