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Post by birkie on Jul 9, 2018 3:33:26 GMT
For the Frigidaire fans: www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/233687080570927This just popped up in central Virginia. I don't know anything about it, but it looked quite old! From this tidbit, it looks like Frigidaire was a subsidiary of delco-light from 1921 through 1926, so it likely is from somewhere in that range. (I also learned there is a Frigidaire archive in Dayton at Wright State University) |
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Post by Travis on Jul 9, 2018 16:38:39 GMT
Yay, Aaron is branching out and collecting Frigidaire models!
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Post by turbokinetic on Jul 9, 2018 17:23:30 GMT
WOW that is a beast and a beauty. I think Travis needs to add this to his collection! That would almost be worth a road trip for me - but I am on duty at work now.
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Post by Travis on Jul 9, 2018 17:32:31 GMT
No way!
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Post by ckfan on Jul 9, 2018 20:20:32 GMT
Oh that’s really cool. I had no idea that they were a part of Delco light but that makes sense since it was still a part of Pappa GM. That is one huge unit. I wonder where the guts are?
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Post by birkie on Jul 9, 2018 20:56:21 GMT
I see a power cord on the floor in front of it, so it may even have a motor and compressor underneath! It's funny how puny the evaporator is for such a large cabinet
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Post by Travis on Jul 9, 2018 21:37:17 GMT
That would’ve had a fairly large remote unit.
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Post by turbokinetic on Jul 10, 2018 1:22:18 GMT
I see a power cord on the floor in front of it, so it may even have a motor and compressor underneath! It's funny how puny the evaporator is for such a large cabinet
It's interesting for sure. Travis (who is our veritable cornucopia of knowledge) is pretty certain it is a remote condenser unit. But the floor cord does seem like there is something going on in the cabinet its self. Could it just be a light cord?
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Post by elec573 on Jul 10, 2018 4:22:32 GMT
I think the cord on the floor is for something else. It runs on the floor and goes up behind it to feed something else upstairs . It looks like it might be in the original house
it was put in .
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Post by birkie on Jul 10, 2018 16:44:39 GMT
Ha, I forgot about the existence of remote compressors, that makes sense. There's one such remote unit near the beginning of Ray's Frigidaire video. It almost looks like it had the same kind of low-side bellows control as the unit David is restoring. youtu.be/4p8a9mA5wTc |
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Post by ckfan on Jul 10, 2018 19:38:37 GMT
Yes, many of the old brands had remote compressor setups in their first attempts. That’s why GE advertised that you didn’t have to run pipes through your floor with a monitor top! That was a huge advantage and selling point. Not to mention that many of the ancient units used a total loss water cooled condenser too. Those could freeze up in the winter or the water could not turn on or off right and cause all kinds of issues. That’s why GE eventually settled on switching to an air cooled evaporator with the OC2.
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Post by Travis on Jul 10, 2018 21:02:21 GMT
Um, the remote compressors were larger. These large models were for large homes.
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Post by ckfan on Jul 11, 2018 5:13:46 GMT
Yes, this model was huge for the standards of the time it was made in. I’m not sure when all the manufacturers went to centrally mounted units but I remember reading about kelvinator, Frigidaire, and GE all making remote units.
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