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Post by axel on May 7, 2019 18:49:34 GMT
Hello Members, i'm Alex from FRANCE. In the past , i have restore an CG-1-A16 (ball top monitor) and now i have an new project. To restore an General Electric - FRIGECO. I need informations about it. General electric is the brand, but what means FRIGECO ? -> Is it the model ? Who can give me his reference ? And i need parts to restore it, who did have the originals grids ? I think there is 3 Inside. Here is link for pictures about this antique fridge: ibb.co/kMyxVWjibb.co/bWncpCwibb.co/KFV18FNibb.co/9wQYLQnWho can please help me ? Best regards all members |
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Post by birkie on May 7, 2019 19:45:34 GMT
That is essentially a CA-2 form A, "soup can" model. You can look in the CA section for information on them
I believe FRIGECO must have been just been the brand used when selling it overseas. It is not a brand used in the US. I imagine it is identical to a US CA-2 form A, except for a step-down transformer and branding.
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Post by ckfan on May 7, 2019 22:33:58 GMT
That is so strange. I always thought that the overseas brand was BTH, I guess that could have just been for England though. But yes, it’s a CA form A from 1933. They are very neat units. As far as finding more racks are concerned, they originally came with 3 so it should have all of them.
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Post by cablehack on May 8, 2019 1:14:39 GMT
That is very interesting. Some parts of Europe did have a 110 or 127V mains supply when this fridge was made, so check the operating voltage before testing it.
Is there a specification plate that you can take a photo of?
While it looks like a CA, I wonder if it might be like the British BTH branded CK look-alike that was posted a few years back. The evaporator and compressor were of local design and not related to the U.S. made models. Just the condenser made it look like a CK. On that basis I'd be interested to know if in fact it uses methyl formate.
The door hardware is different - and that's one area the Canadian models differ. A re-badge of one of these perhaps?
I've never heard of Frigeco either. BTH (British Thomson Houston) was an English brand associated with GE that also appeared in Australia (and possibly other Commonwealth countries). Hotpoint was another GE brand in Australia.
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Post by Travis on May 8, 2019 1:48:11 GMT
Cool variant. That’s a 1931/32 cabinet in the US for a DR1.
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Post by turbokinetic on May 8, 2019 13:39:16 GMT
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Post by ckfan on May 8, 2019 17:41:06 GMT
Oh my word! Those ads are amazing. The first one with the Scotty dog is the best. We had a Scotty when I was a kid. Very smart and useful dog when a rat came into the house! The other ad has a mistake that all of us would notice. That DR1 in the picture is most certainly not from 1927. Otherwise it is cool.
The wooden fridge is amazing! I wonder if it was just an icebox originally? I see some sort of control in there now.
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Post by axel on May 8, 2019 18:54:18 GMT
Hello; So i look for the reference of this fridge, it seems to be an CA-1-A15 ibb.co/QNKWFBzDid you have technical informations about it ? May be GE catalog page ? FRIGECO seems to be a brand in FRANCE until the year 50's... Another thing, i need the 3 grids, did someone get them for sale ? Thanks a lot. |
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Post by turbokinetic on May 8, 2019 19:21:44 GMT
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Post by axel on May 9, 2019 5:31:05 GMT
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Post by cablehack on May 9, 2019 8:18:02 GMT
Interesting! 110V 50 Cycles.
Indeed - first time I've seen a 50 cycle form A machine. We missed out on the form A in this part of the world; it went from DR straight to CA form B. |
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Post by turbokinetic on May 9, 2019 10:02:54 GMT
Interesting! 110V 50 Cycles.
Indeed - first time I've seen a 50 cycle form A machine. We missed out on the form A in this part of the world; it went from DR straight to CA form B.
I'm so sorry you had such a deprived childhood, my friend.  LOL
I've got to look through the manual and try to see what they did differently on the 50 Hz units. I expect either a larger compressor displacement; smaller orifice in the float, or just rated slightly lower capacity.... got some reading to do.
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Post by ChrisJ on May 9, 2019 12:29:30 GMT
Indeed - first time I've seen a 50 cycle form A machine. We missed out on the form A in this part of the world; it went from DR straight to CA form B.
I'm so sorry you had such a deprived childhood, my friend. LOL
I've got to look through the manual and try to see what they did differently on the 50 Hz units. I expect either a larger compressor displacement; smaller orifice in the float, or just rated slightly lower capacity.... got some reading to do.
I'm sure it's just got lower capacity on the same exact machine. Probably a different start relay is all. |
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Post by birkie on May 9, 2019 18:39:28 GMT
Indeed - first time I've seen a 50 cycle form A machine. We missed out on the form A in this part of the world; it went from DR straight to CA form B. Fascinating, I was not aware that the form A was skipped in in Australia. I wonder if it was the same in the UK? |
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Post by cablehack on May 9, 2019 21:50:47 GMT
I'm so sorry you had such a deprived childhood, my friend. LOL
I've got to look through the manual and try to see what they did differently on the 50 Hz units. I expect either a larger compressor displacement; smaller orifice in the float, or just rated slightly lower capacity.... got some reading to do.
I'm sure it's just got lower capacity on the same exact machine. Probably a different start relay is all. It's only the start relay and thermostat which are different. When I was doing cap tube experiments, I did run the CA-2 on 60 cycles from a variable frequency drive, and not surprisingly, the relay did not pull in properly. It had to start on 50Hz first. I understand that the thermostat has heavier duty contacts, because of the higher motor current at the lower frequency.
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LOL