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Post by coldspaces on May 3, 2018 2:02:09 GMT
That line was sure corroded. I hope the epoxy holds. Keeping out moisture is key at this point.
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Post by birkie on May 3, 2018 2:37:27 GMT
The first issue I ran into was when I had the top off the cabinet and was it and I discovered extensive corrosion on the line leading to the evaporator. I am amazed it hadn’t leaked to this point, it obviously wasn’t going to hold much longer. I was able to gently clean off nearly all the rust, apply some rust treatment, build up the area with epoxy putty, and paint the repair. Only time will tell how well this holds. Huh. Our DRA2 has a similar pattern of rust. Not as bad, but still rust. photos.app.goo.gl/zHEXGWVRHBdBHetc7The service manual suggests that some DR2s (and DRA2s?) had wax on their suction lines. I wonder if it was intended to mitigate such corrosion
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Post by elec573 on May 3, 2018 2:56:37 GMT
That looks bad also, how about if you sleeved it and then soldered it . I have a dr also that needs attention in this area. Or would the heat cause a problem?
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Post by joneske on May 3, 2018 17:34:32 GMT
That looks bad also, how about if you sleeved it and then soldered it . Something like that could very well be in my future if this doesn't hold.
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Post by joneske on May 7, 2018 16:54:29 GMT
I had a great weekend. I plugged in the DRA2 Friday and let the heater run overnight. I turned it on the next morning and it started right up. The coils soon began to warm and frost formed on the evaporator. It has been running continuously since and is maintaining a cabinet temperature of thirty degrees. I measure one cycle yesterday at 28 minutes on and 40 off. So far, he epoxy seems to be holding. drive.google.com/open?id=1vYu1O2imvjD2WixtbabZrChpiO0UsF8e
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Post by ckfan on May 7, 2018 19:34:07 GMT
Kevin, I’m so happy to hear that. It turned out beautiful. The DRA models are my absolute favorite...well, besides the OC2! I like the 90 birthday candles too. Crazy that it’s that old.
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Post by elec573 on May 8, 2018 5:14:29 GMT
Wonderfull that’s it’s running!! It looks great also . I’m guessing you spent a lot of time on it .
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Post by joneske on May 8, 2018 18:37:17 GMT
My great weekend has turned into a not so great week. This fridge had been maintaining a cabinet temp of 30 degrees, and I had been working the wheel upwards in hopes of getting it closer to the mid thirties. I checked it this morning and it was at 40, and at first I thought I had over corrected. I then noticed the evaporator was at the same temp, and that the control had moved to off.
Upon further investigation, it seems it is shutting off on overload. I am not going to stress about it for now as I won't be able to do any trouble shooting on it till this weekend. I'll start stressing then.
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Post by ckfan on May 8, 2018 19:12:33 GMT
Oh no! It didn’t want to be woken up!
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Post by joneske on May 8, 2018 20:33:56 GMT
Oh no! It didn’t want to be woken up! Like a hibrenating bear.
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Post by ckfan on May 8, 2018 22:29:50 GMT
I’m so sorry to hear that. The exact same thing happened to Travis. These DRs are fragile flowers.
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Post by elec573 on May 9, 2018 3:37:35 GMT
Sad to here that , hopefully it springs back.
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Post by birkie on May 9, 2018 3:47:19 GMT
Upon further investigation, it seems it is shutting off on overload. I am not going to stress about it for now as I won't be able to do any trouble shooting on it till this weekend. I'll start stressing then. Is it something that occurs regularly now? The best case scenario is that is something in the control that was thrown out of balance when being disassembled and re-assembled; like the overload having a hare trigger now - or something along those lines. Our DRA2 had a little hiccup once upon startup, in that the start contacts didn't disengage. I noticed it by the sound (it had the cover on, so I couldn't see what the contacts were doing), and turned it off before the overload could trip. When I opened it up, the start resistor was definitely a little toasty and smelled of heat. Unfortunately, it never did it again so I never was able to diagnose the cause.
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Post by joneske on May 9, 2018 14:39:34 GMT
It happens regularly. I am holding on to a sliver of hope that it is something minor like that. Mike is coming over this weekend to help me troubleshoot it.
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Post by turbokinetic on May 10, 2018 16:10:51 GMT
It happens regularly. I am holding on to a sliver of hope that it is something minor like that. Mike is coming over this weekend to help me troubleshoot it. So just curious, it starts most of the time; but "regularly" (maybe one in 5 starts) it will be stalled and trip?
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