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Post by coldspaces on Mar 23, 2014 21:49:05 GMT
This poor little Globe top runs and has some charge in it. It will not circulate though. It was going to be scrapped by it owner so of course I jumped at the chance to save it. So far I plugged it in and could hear some boiling in the evap coil and the condenser started to get warm. Then after it sucked out what little refrigerant was in the evap the condenser got cold again and no more boiling. I tried heat treating the evap in case it had oil logged with no change. Took off the top and inverted it and it did not equalize. Looks like it has a restricted or badly stuck float. Attachments:
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Post by jhigdon2 on Mar 23, 2014 23:45:22 GMT
Wow! Nice little globe. Yeah sure sounds like it just needs a little cleaning of the needle seat. 80 year tune up.
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Post by Travis on Mar 24, 2014 0:28:07 GMT
Gill,
I just knew you would have a thread posted before I got home! You're a lot like me, have to play with the new toys NOW!
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Post by ChrisJ on Mar 24, 2014 0:40:26 GMT
What kind of fridge is that in the back left? It kind of looks like the one I ruined as a kid by defrosting it with a chisel.  It started hissing, I acted like I didn't know what happened and no one knew for a few days as it was in the basement. I was maybe 6 or 7 at the time. |
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Post by coldspaces on Mar 24, 2014 1:20:53 GMT
What kind of fridge is that in the back left? It kind of looks like the one I ruined as a kid by defrosting it with a chisel. It started hissing, I acted like I didn't know what happened and no one knew for a few days as it was in the basement. I was maybe 6 or 7 at the time. That is the 50 Westinghouse we brought home first. |
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Post by coldspaces on Mar 24, 2014 1:22:28 GMT
Gill, I just knew you would have a thread posted before I got home! You're a lot like me, have to play with the new toys NOW! Who me play with toys? |
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Post by Travis on Mar 24, 2014 2:33:10 GMT
I would have stayed longer, but my friend gets grumpy is he's out too late before work. I know you can get that ball top to work. The orange cabinet that matched that top has a lot of rust where the legs bolt on. That fridge is a marriage of two ball tops.
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Post by cablehack on Mar 24, 2014 2:56:46 GMT
I was so annoyed at myself for passing up a non-working CG not far from where I live. They put it on ebay twice almost 2yrs ago now and no one bid Back then I didn't know I could have repaired it. |
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Post by Travis on Mar 24, 2014 15:32:49 GMT
John,
I am not sure how I could mail you one.
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Post by ChrisJ on Mar 24, 2014 15:55:23 GMT
Interesting. Now we are a group of people that ignore working Monitor tops and try to find broken ones.  How things have changed eh? |
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Post by coldspaces on Mar 24, 2014 17:42:36 GMT
Interesting. Now we are a group of people that ignore working Monitor tops and try to find broken ones. How things have changed eh? Looks like you are right. But I am going to plead innocent,its not that I was tying to find a broken one. Its that it was gonna be scrapped if I didn't want it  |
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Post by ChrisJ on Mar 24, 2014 17:48:48 GMT
Interesting. Now we are a group of people that ignore working Monitor tops and try to find broken ones. How things have changed eh? Looks like you are right. But I am going to plead innocent,its not that I was tying to find a broken one. Its that it was gonna be scrapped if I didn't want it I can't plead innocent, I spent $75 on gas and tolls to pickup a broken CA. |
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Post by Travis on Mar 24, 2014 19:07:19 GMT
Your wife is going to hate me when I bring you some CA's next time!
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Post by coldspaces on Mar 24, 2014 19:33:16 GMT
Your wife is going to hate me when I bring you some CA's next time! They can go to my storage bin out of site if need be. |
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Post by cablehack on Mar 24, 2014 22:57:42 GMT
Interesting. Now we are a group of people that ignore working Monitor tops and try to find broken ones. How things have changed eh? You know it's a funny thing, but you're right...it's because we've proven that they can be repaired, and it's a lot of fun bringing one back to life. I think it would be quite therapeutic having a warehouse full of monitor tops to work on all day. In this part of the world because of their rarity, it has to be faulty for me to get one at an acceptable price. The strange refrigerant means the owner can't find anyone to fix it and the value plummets. |
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It started hissing, I acted like I didn't know what happened and no one knew for a few days as it was in the basement. I was maybe 6 or 7 at the time.
