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Post by brandon on Aug 28, 2020 10:40:58 GMT
I have a man who wants to sell me a 3 door DR with the two evaporators. My first thought was "Oh boy, what a rabbit hole!" Upon further inspection, I notice that the evaporators are teh stainless steel models of later years, and that there is a tag on the back that says "this hermetically sealed cooling unit has been meticulously rebuilt by GE housewares division." Am I to assume that windings have been updated or was this just a quick refit of the evaporators, or what? He want $300.00 and it looks good, but of course has sat for years in the barn. Any ideas before I bring home another huge fridge?
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Post by ChrisJ on Aug 28, 2020 11:12:31 GMT
I have a man who wants to sell me a 3 door DR with the two evaporators. My first thought was "Oh boy, what a rabbit hole!" Upon further inspection, I notice that the evaporators are teh stainless steel models of later years, and that there is a tag on the back that says "this hermetically sealed cooling unit has been meticulously rebuilt by GE housewares division." Am I to assume that windings have been updated or was this just a quick refit of the evaporators, or what? He want $300.00 and it looks good, but of course has sat for years in the barn. Any ideas before I bring home another huge fridge? There are many on here that know far more about DR's than me but my assumption is we have no way of knowing what was done. I would expect GE did what was needed to put the unit back into service. If an evaporator or both were leaking they simply replaced both and moved on. If something else was wrong they fixed it. But if the motor was in good shape I'd be surprised if they did anything at all within the unit. of course there's a chance the motor failed and while the unit was at the factory they noticed the evaporators had issues and swapped them as well. |
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Post by birkie on Aug 28, 2020 12:14:41 GMT
Hi Brandon, Here's a thread involving a DR35 with stainless evaporators: monitortop.freeforums.net/thread/700/why-broke-out-room-newThere is a video of it in that thread: This particular machine ran well unitl its windings failed. That's a risk with DRs, They're quirky, but we can offer help on the forum. I suggest you investigate it and try running it in the barn to verify that its windings are OK, that it isn't seized, etc. The machine itself, if it's a DR3-sized machine and not a unicorn rebuilt DR4, is around 250 lbs. The cabinet is about 600. The rebuilt units, if anything, are more likely to be reliable than the machines in their original state. So it's generally a good thing. Do you have any images to share? |
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Post by Travis on Aug 28, 2020 12:51:48 GMT
I’m afraid that it was almost a repair exchange program. As previous members have said, they fixed what needed fixing and moved on. I suspect few had bad motors by the 1940’s when the rebuilding was being done. There should be a second metal plate in front of the control. The first two digits are the rebuild year.
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