Post by 35ckmonitort on Apr 18, 2023 18:41:40 GMT
Hello everyone, it's been some time since I've poked my head in here, I guess no news is good news?
Well, my 1929 DR out in the garage was running great, everything has been fine until...
I was needing to unplug the power cord behind the control box, to move some stuff behind the unit, and I had thought I unplugged the cord at the wall plug, first...well, I unplugged the wrong appliance and the monitor top was still plugged in.
When I went to unplug it, a spark occurred since the cord was original and apparently delicate! So, a short happened and blew the cord off of the bakelite plug that attaches to the control box.
So, I had a period correct style NEW cloth insulated cord that I replaced the old one with, I plug in the unit and wait a few days to let the heater do it's thing. Well, I snap on the fridge and it was running just fine...but, for what seemed to me much too long. In the past, it took about 20 minutes to run to see ice form on the evaporator, this was happening but it was still running, and the temperature in the garage around 55oF. So, why was it taking so long? I turned it off and let it sit. I'm 90% positive the heater still works, since I was getting ice on the evaporator but, would a short kill my cartridge heater?
Any help and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Your forgotten member,
Robert-
Well, my 1929 DR out in the garage was running great, everything has been fine until...
I was needing to unplug the power cord behind the control box, to move some stuff behind the unit, and I had thought I unplugged the cord at the wall plug, first...well, I unplugged the wrong appliance and the monitor top was still plugged in.
When I went to unplug it, a spark occurred since the cord was original and apparently delicate! So, a short happened and blew the cord off of the bakelite plug that attaches to the control box.
So, I had a period correct style NEW cloth insulated cord that I replaced the old one with, I plug in the unit and wait a few days to let the heater do it's thing. Well, I snap on the fridge and it was running just fine...but, for what seemed to me much too long. In the past, it took about 20 minutes to run to see ice form on the evaporator, this was happening but it was still running, and the temperature in the garage around 55oF. So, why was it taking so long? I turned it off and let it sit. I'm 90% positive the heater still works, since I was getting ice on the evaporator but, would a short kill my cartridge heater?
Any help and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Your forgotten member,
Robert-
