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Post by turbokinetic on May 5, 2018 0:09:44 GMT
Yes I would agree. This is an interesting post sense I also have a Frigidaire it runs but starts to get cold and then it doesn’t get any colder. No matter how long I leave it run . Ray suggestion was about water in line also have not tried it yet . I we’ll have to drag it out and give it another look. It has the made by gm emblem on it . But it’s a complete fridge all racks and chiller tray that’s why I picked it up for 50$ .
Yeah I know how hard it is to pass up the ones with all accessories! You just have to admire all the previous people who managed to keep up with and not break the accessories over the past 50, 60, or more years!
Thank you for another great video! I find them informative and very well done! They move along at just the right pace for me. Sound and photography are excellent as well! Keep 'em coming!! Thanks, I really appreciate the feedback. I'm using a Canon PowerShot SX600HS camera. Hope to do some test videos on the fridge I'm picking up this week, as well as my Andrew's CK soon.
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Post by turbokinetic on May 22, 2018 0:50:03 GMT
So, got this sealed up and evacuated.
Got to play with my "new" Imperial service kit.
Was not able to open this port. It was soldered solidly shut! Not sure what the reasoning for that would be.
The compressor had a port on the base, which I had another adapter for.
Now to box it up!
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Post by birkie on May 22, 2018 1:34:52 GMT
So, got this sealed up and evacuated. Was not able to open this port. It was soldered solidly shut! Not sure what the reasoning for that would be.
Was the soldered fitting on the low side? With R114, the low side is always under vacuum during operation (boiling point at atmospheric pressure is 38F), so maybe it's out of fear of leaking in atmosphere. If I recall from earlier threads, someone else had encountered soldered fittings on one of the earlier frigidaires... I think.
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Post by turbokinetic on May 22, 2018 1:57:44 GMT
So, got this sealed up and evacuated. Was not able to open this port. It was soldered solidly shut! Not sure what the reasoning for that would be.
Was the soldered fitting on the low side? With R114, the low side is always under vacuum during operation (boiling point at atmospheric pressure is 38F), so maybe it's out of fear of leaking in atmosphere. If I recall from earlier threads, someone else had encountered soldered fittings on one of the earlier frigidaires... I think. Yep it is on the low side! I bet you're right that they were afraid air could go in the system.
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Post by coldspaces on May 22, 2018 3:31:15 GMT
Are you getting it ready to ship? I have been working all the time and have not had time to think but I am still interested in it.
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Post by turbokinetic on May 22, 2018 13:28:33 GMT
Are you getting it ready to ship? I have been working all the time and have not had time to think but I am still interested in it.
Sort of! I'm preserving it so that if/when you're ready for it there won't have been moisture collecting in it.
When I first got it in Louisiana, I put tape over the lines that were broken. Yesterday I replaced the broken-off discharge line with a piece of used line cut from the old condenser coil. With those lines in place, I was able to put seal caps over the lines and then pull vacuum on the unit.
I'm going to mount a piece of scrap wood to the mounting ears on the compressor, so that the delicate bakelite terminals are protected. I believe that in this condition, it would survive shipping in an appropriate Flat Rate box.
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