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Post by coldspaces on Aug 17, 2013 4:21:43 GMT
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Post by ChrisJ on Aug 17, 2013 15:15:09 GMT
Please keep us updated with the progress!
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Post by coldspaces on Aug 17, 2013 17:22:24 GMT
Please keep us updated with the progress! Got 3 more in the works 46 Kelvinator, GE spacemaker and 48 -9 Norge , just not enough time to do all the pics and descriptions. Will post links to them when I can. Oh and don't tell my wife but # 10 just came home, another International Harvester from 1950, haven't even plugged it in yet. |
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Post by coldspaces on Aug 18, 2013 4:46:38 GMT
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Post by cablehack on Aug 19, 2013 2:21:34 GMT
Very interesting to learn about other kinds of vintage refrigerator too, so keep us up to date on them. After learning about refrigeration from the CA monitor top, I think I'm now probably able to repair other kinds of fridge. The only thing stopping me is lack of space.
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Post by coldspaces on Sept 2, 2013 3:22:38 GMT
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Post by cablehack on Sept 2, 2013 3:49:34 GMT
Fascinating series of photos on the Spacemaker,and I like seeing the attention to detail on each of the parts you restore. I'm sure I've seen the patent for a GE horizontal compressor.
Amazing how good condition the whole fridge is in, especially the insulation. Only those familiar with the prewar models would see a vague familiarity with the evaporator design.
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Post by ChrisJ on Sept 2, 2013 4:00:45 GMT
Great pictures. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by coldspaces on Sept 2, 2013 4:01:14 GMT
Only those familiar with the prewar models would see a vague familiarity with the evaporator design. I just added that the Model is a ND-8-DB. I am not sure of its age, do you know? it is R-12 but all corrugated insulation. |
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Post by cablehack on Sept 2, 2013 4:31:27 GMT
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Post by coldspaces on Sept 2, 2013 4:55:16 GMT
Yes it does cablehack, thanks. I was hoping to find dates on parts but did not. Haven't been able to narrow down just what year.
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Post by cablehack on Sept 2, 2013 5:07:24 GMT
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Post by coldspaces on Sept 2, 2013 5:13:07 GMT
Looks the same other than it looks to have a butter conditioner in the door. Might have just been a more deluxe model in the ad, I am sure that would be normal to put the best in the ad.
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Post by coldspaces on Sept 2, 2013 14:42:20 GMT
I'm sure I've seen the patent for a GE horizontal compressor. cablehack, do you know if these compressors are a recip. or a rotary type? I am not familiar with this particular compressor. It almost sounds like a rotary when it is running. Also when it shuts down it shakes a little in its mounts and makes a noise almost like pressure is making it backwards through the pump. Don't think it is a recip with a valve problem either. Low load run time on this box is 3 min on and 8 min 53 sec off. Garage was upper 80s F at the time. Don't think there is anything wrong with the compressor with that kind of preformace. At the end of this video you can see and hear it shut off.  |
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Post by cablehack on Sept 2, 2013 23:27:14 GMT
Thanks for sharing the video. Nothing like the sound of a General Electric compressor  I honestly don't know much about this unit though. I didn't see any cooling unit model numbers in the photos, but the compressor looks a bit like the FCA and FEA types. Possibly since the cooling units were permanently in the cabinet with the post war models, the only model number was that of the cabinet. I would have thought that with the prewar Scotch Yoke design being so reliable that the post war fridges might have used a derivative of it. The way the compressor stops in the video makes me think that if it a reciprocating type, the motor axis is parallel to the compressor body. I'll see if I can find the patent again. |
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