Post by MBSoPaB on May 16, 2020 23:08:37 GMT
(The fridge has SOLD, thanks!) Time to let go of a 1946 General Electric BH-7-A fridge. $150.
Located in Pomeroy, WA 99347.
Cools & cycles, this parts candidate is RUSTY. Well, the left side and bottom of the cabinet are anyway, a variation on Swiss cheese, or Schenectady cheese, perhaps.
drive.google.com/folderview?id=1-ERiDPtZp-meBtiAGsm-XN2-HnsJ7tiI
Built like a late Flattop, perhaps while the tooling for post-war machines were being updated for consumer design preference changes, this Freon 12 (FCA) machine isn't ready to give up the ghost yet. Well, some of it isn't, anyway.
Let's get right to it, The Ugly:
Rust through on the left side and through the exterior bottom (above the compressor & condenser).
Inner cabinet isn't perfect; a few spalls in the porcelain, and same for the inner door panel.
No racks. Never had any when I purchased it, and, currently still has no racks.
Wiring is crispy, probably a 2 on a scale of 0-10. Intact, yes, sketchy, also yes.
Door emblem and script isn't perfect. Maybe bits are upgrades for your missing pieces, then again, maybe not.
Yes, that looks like cardboard insulation poking out through the rust hole in the bottom; I'd suspect more corrosion (rust) in the right side panel, too.
The not-so-ugly, A.K.A., The Good:
Nice exterior door handle & catch. Nice hinges, too.
Good gray textolite & light switch.
Nice top, with a bit of various overspray paint on it.
Marvelous porcelain evaporator door. Hinges are ~7 out of 10.
Let's face it, if you've read this far along, you likely have some interest in the refrigeration unit; compressor, evaporator, condenser, and controls. Indeed, they cooled and cycled on the three-day test-run I gave it a year ago. I believe the condenser fan was working, but I may be confusing that with the Hotpoint. The FCA compressor/unit was bouncing around like a little tethered Mexican Jumping Bean on spring mounts when it cycled on or off.
Somewhere between ready to serve duty as a beverage fridge in your shop, or perhaps as a parts donor to get your GE back up and running, there's potential here, along with some rust, for the next owner.
I'm freeing up some storage space for, of course, more fridges. It's definitely a disease.
I'm open to trades of Monitor Tops, and MT parts, but I'll likely shy away from most anything else unless it's utterly fantastic.
Thanks for looking, and keeping these cooling beauties alive!
Located in Pomeroy, WA 99347.
Cools & cycles, this parts candidate is RUSTY. Well, the left side and bottom of the cabinet are anyway, a variation on Swiss cheese, or Schenectady cheese, perhaps.
drive.google.com/folderview?id=1-ERiDPtZp-meBtiAGsm-XN2-HnsJ7tiI
Built like a late Flattop, perhaps while the tooling for post-war machines were being updated for consumer design preference changes, this Freon 12 (FCA) machine isn't ready to give up the ghost yet. Well, some of it isn't, anyway.
Let's get right to it, The Ugly:
Rust through on the left side and through the exterior bottom (above the compressor & condenser).
Inner cabinet isn't perfect; a few spalls in the porcelain, and same for the inner door panel.
No racks. Never had any when I purchased it, and, currently still has no racks.
Wiring is crispy, probably a 2 on a scale of 0-10. Intact, yes, sketchy, also yes.
Door emblem and script isn't perfect. Maybe bits are upgrades for your missing pieces, then again, maybe not.
Yes, that looks like cardboard insulation poking out through the rust hole in the bottom; I'd suspect more corrosion (rust) in the right side panel, too.
The not-so-ugly, A.K.A., The Good:
Nice exterior door handle & catch. Nice hinges, too.
Good gray textolite & light switch.
Nice top, with a bit of various overspray paint on it.
Marvelous porcelain evaporator door. Hinges are ~7 out of 10.
Let's face it, if you've read this far along, you likely have some interest in the refrigeration unit; compressor, evaporator, condenser, and controls. Indeed, they cooled and cycled on the three-day test-run I gave it a year ago. I believe the condenser fan was working, but I may be confusing that with the Hotpoint. The FCA compressor/unit was bouncing around like a little tethered Mexican Jumping Bean on spring mounts when it cycled on or off.
Somewhere between ready to serve duty as a beverage fridge in your shop, or perhaps as a parts donor to get your GE back up and running, there's potential here, along with some rust, for the next owner.
I'm freeing up some storage space for, of course, more fridges. It's definitely a disease.
I'm open to trades of Monitor Tops, and MT parts, but I'll likely shy away from most anything else unless it's utterly fantastic.
Thanks for looking, and keeping these cooling beauties alive!
