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Post by timeswelding on Mar 11, 2018 12:51:17 GMT
I generally just buy 16/3 SO cord for use everywhere in the unit. Where I need 2 conductor, I simply abandon one of them, usually the green. If you run into fitment issues with the SO cord, try SJO.
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Post by csulaguy on Mar 11, 2018 21:43:03 GMT
I'd need a second person to record if I did that, which I don't really have. So I got the unit off my trailer and into the house. Of course, I plugged it in to show off to my friend (who came out to work on my recently acquired diesel truck). Anyways, some more questions - do I remove the screws holding the cardboard to the underside of the compressor/mount? Everything seems pretty straightforward. I'm not sure if I need to put a Supco in this one, but either way, it arrives on Monday or Tuesday from Amazon (ordered 1 to see how it goes).
I'm going to assume the bulb in mine is also original or pretty old - it's signed as Detroit Edison. Somehow, I'm feeling pretty confident on this fridge, but eager to also get the rewiring job over with so I can start cleaning, per my other threads, and start using it.
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Post by csulaguy on Mar 11, 2018 21:44:10 GMT
Oh, and on the wire front - Home Depot had 16/3 and 16/2 both available. I thinK I got about 6 feet of the 16/2, and to be safe, 18 feet or so of the 16/3. I'm not exactly right next to an outlet with the new CK, so I'll need my cord to be about 6-7 feet anyways.
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Post by csulaguy on Mar 12, 2018 1:05:03 GMT
Correction - longer length of the 16/2, and less of the 16/3. It's been a long weekend, having determined I need a new block for my diesel truck, after pulling a head and doing other things (but at least I'll have the equivalent of a new truck when everything's said and done). And I forgot to add that I did have a second person to help me move the Frigidaire next door to my mother's house, and the CK is in my house, raised up by two 2x4's, so I can replace the wiring. Of course, I plugged it in with super frayed wiring to show my friend how quickly the SO2 cools (I've seen much, much worse wiring on a Westinghouse desk fan, so this wiring doesn't really worry me).
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Post by stan on Mar 12, 2018 6:08:44 GMT
Eager to hear that your sussessful with the re wire. Just wish you could get a freind to hang out and take pics vidieo etc. Keep us updated!
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Post by ckfan on Mar 12, 2018 10:35:35 GMT
The next time Travis or I rewire a CK I’m going to film the process. It makes sense to do it.
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Post by Travis on Mar 12, 2018 10:50:49 GMT
I have a hunch a 37 model is coming soon. That’ll make a fine video.
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Post by csulaguy on Mar 12, 2018 16:39:30 GMT
Sorry if I keep asking repeat questions, but I didn't get clarification - am I supposed to remove all the screws that hold in the cardboard to the top assembly?
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Post by ckfan on Mar 12, 2018 17:40:54 GMT
Sorry if I keep asking repeat questions, but I didn't get clarification - am I supposed to remove all the screws that hold in the cardboard to the top assembly? I’ve never seen screws holding the cardboard in. There should just be staples holding it together. If you are talking about the deck screws that go into the lower deck and into the upper deck, then no. Don’t remove those. You can simply remove the cardboard carefully and do all your work through the little space that it will grant you.
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Post by csulaguy on Mar 12, 2018 18:17:22 GMT
Ugh. There's practically no space in that case. I didn't see any staples. I really need to take some photos of it. On that note, I wish we had this group on facebook, since it would make uploading photos and videos a helluva lot easier!
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Post by birkie on Mar 12, 2018 18:29:37 GMT
Ugh. There's practically no space in that case. I didn't see any staples. I really need to take some photos of it. On that note, I wish we had this group on facebook, since it would make uploading photos and videos a helluva lot easier! If you have (or can create) a flickr account, that is what I've been doing of late until a more permanent solution can be found. Upload to flickr, then there will be a share button/icon (looks like a curved arrow) on the bottom right. Click it, and a little window will pop up. One of the tabs says "bbcode". It'll also give you a dropdown to select size. Pick one, then just cut and paste the bbcode and it'll show the image inline. For videos, youtube seems to work best.
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Post by csulaguy on Mar 12, 2018 19:10:34 GMT
I do prefer youtube over facebook. I think there are pros and cons to both this style of forum and that on facebook.
I found the staples - definitely no way to salvage then after pulling them. I'm loosening quite a few deck screws and need to loosen up the nuts that hold the temp sensor in place. it'll still be interesting seeing how much space I have to work with in the end, but I'm feeling somewhat confident about this.
Also, is it better to use a wire nut, or a butt splice when connecting up the front controls?
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Post by ckfan on Mar 12, 2018 19:16:45 GMT
If you are loosening the deck screws, be careful. You don’t want to put undue strain on the lines going through the deck. Also, since you will have the soldering iron out you can just wrap the wires together and solder them together for a super good connection. Then just put some heat shrink tubing over the connection. If you don’t want to do that a wire nut should be fine if it is the proper size.
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Post by csulaguy on Mar 12, 2018 22:33:57 GMT
Whoops, I didn't see your response in time, ckfan. So after about 3.5 hours or so, my work is a success. I took all the insulation out - it was tree bark colored stuff. I put on gloves when taking out and putting back in, because fiberglass and its derivatives are nasty stuff if you get pricked by it. Anyways, I took that out, bent the temp sensor line (didn't really have to bend it that much on my CK-2-B16). Pulled that out, figured out it's a small proprietary plug that goes into the back of the controls. Changed out the cord to a 16/2, put it back into the hole, and even though I didn't need to, there's plenty of extra cord in there. Next, I took photos of the compressor lines. So looking at the compressor from the front, the electrical connections are on the left side. We start off with white in the foreground, black in the middle, and red in the background (replaced by green). I didn't think about using the existing cord at the time to pull through as if it were fish tape, but it was super easy pushing through the hard (instead of pliable) grommet. Again, I have excess wire. Probably 1.5-2 feet excess. But as I learned many times, it's always better to have more than less (with some exceptions, like changing oil in a vehicle). Apparently, from the factory, the lines are some kind of female disconnect, which is then soldered to keep it in place. I was able to get all three off, but didn't want to waste time figuring out how to get them on my new wires. The female disconnects I got at the local Ace Hardware were a little too big. I also got some female spade quick connects. I opened up one end with the small Wiha flathead I had (I ended up needing 3 different flatheads for this project), enough to slip over the compressor terminal but so it would stay in place. I carefully slipped in some solder while the soldering iron tip was heating up the connection. Got quite a bit of solder on there, pulled gently, and it was definitely affixed to the terminal. Repeated the process for the other two connections. The biggest pain in the ass was honestly the light socket plug. Apparently, each plug prong is soldered to wires going to the plug and to the unit. I did eventually get it done (thankfully, as my tendinitis was starting to kick in, which would've meant another half hour wasted). Tested out the unit for a little bit, and all was going well. Put the insulation back in carefully, reattached the deck screws, and then found that I was either A) missing a screw, or B) never had it to begin with. I'm thinking A, but if I find it, I'll reattach it later. Lowered the compressor back onto the cabinet (when I unloaded it yesterday from my trailer, I had it resting on 2x4's on each side, so I could work on it from there and then lower it myself). Cleaned up the cabinet with Bar Keeper's friend (per suggestions in my cleaning thread), and now I get to start cleaning up the shelves and whatnot. I'll edit this shortly with pictures and a link on Google Drive. drive.google.com/open?id=1Ys1bosESwMwm3FXFdW752E_CA2VLzqFk*Second edit* I also put in a PDF of the CK manual available on here, but I saved it as a PDF and it's OCR searchable (as opposed to downloading 5 or 6 zip files full of JPEG images).
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Post by Travis on Mar 12, 2018 23:04:36 GMT
I’m glad you got it. No one ever said this was easy. We just said it was possible.
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