Question about the OC-2

andrewo 5 Cubic Foot Posts: 83	Question about the OC-2 Aug 3, 2021 23:00:53 GMT ckfan likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by andrewo on Aug 3, 2021 23:00:53 GMT So from looking through the forum, I have heard about the OC-2 monitor top, which was created before the first DRs. Are there any images of this machine? was it only a prototype? Are there any surviving examples?

earlg New Member Posts: 48	Question about the OC-2 Aug 3, 2021 23:48:01 GMT ckfan and andrewo like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by earlg on Aug 3, 2021 23:48:01 GMT I think this is what you are asking about. This is an old leaflet I ran across awhile back. monitortop.freeforums.net/thread/2152/early-ge-electric-refrigerator-leaflet

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Question about the OC-2 Aug 4, 2021 6:39:23 GMT ckfan likes this

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I think this is what you are asking about. This is an old leaflet I ran across awhile back.

monitortop.freeforums.net/thread/2152/early-ge-electric-refrigerator-leaflet

oh wow, it looks really cool, I wonder how much it differed from the production monitor tops that are still around. Thanks for the info!

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Question about the OC-2 Aug 4, 2021 7:14:04 GMT ckfan and andrewo like this

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Yes, the OC-2 was put into limited production. It was GE's first attempt at an air cooled hermetically sealed machine; previously they had experimented with a water cooled unit. There was at least one known about still operating in the 1950's. It wasn't mass produced, and few survived, so few know it as the first monitor top. There's various bits of info scattered around the forum such as:
monitortop.freeforums.net/attachment/download/25
drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B8_jm7K-ahMadzkxbkFnMHA3VkU?resourcekey=0--e3bTlyRCymI0T9BZ2caew
drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0leHj0_q8Tra0owWG9FRnVsTzA?resourcekey=0-IhCV3Tjw9GfnzSP5IPpXtQ

For the whole story about its development, see this:

Internally, the OC-2 cooling unit looks like this www.cool386.com/ge/oc2.jpg

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Question about the OC-2 Aug 4, 2021 20:51:24 GMT ckfan likes this

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Yes, the OC-2 was put into limited production. It was GE's first attempt at an air cooled hermetically sealed machine; previously they had experimented with a water cooled unit. There was at least one known about still operating in the 1950's. It wasn't mass produced, and few survived, so few know it as the first monitor top. There's various bits of info scattered around the forum such as:
monitortop.freeforums.net/attachment/download/25
drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B8_jm7K-ahMadzkxbkFnMHA3VkU?resourcekey=0--e3bTlyRCymI0T9BZ2caew
drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0leHj0_q8Tra0owWG9FRnVsTzA?resourcekey=0-IhCV3Tjw9GfnzSP5IPpXtQ

For the whole story about its development, see this:

Internally, the OC-2 cooling unit looks like this www.cool386.com/ge/oc2.jpg

Wow, thank you! It is cool to see clearer photos of it. I guess one just has to hope there is one sitting in a barn somewhere waiting to be found.

ckfan Administrator Posts: 2,868	Question about the OC-2 Aug 7, 2021 19:34:46 GMT via mobile andrewo likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ckfan on Aug 7, 2021 19:34:46 GMT We can only hope! I’ve had fantasies about finding one in a barn, not gonna lie.
	I have to keep telling myself that this is a healthy addiction! It is all in the name of preserving and enjoying these wonderful machines.

CCL2F2 Guest	Question about the OC-2 Aug 8, 2021 9:42:51 GMT andrewo likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by CCL2F2 on Aug 8, 2021 9:42:51 GMT monitortop.freeforums.net/thread/1395/schenectady-museum?page=4