When it rains it pours

[belfert]

Here's a video of another fridge being cut in half for removal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98ga_Jkyw-0

I watched that video and the cutting in half of the fridge is so quick that I think I am going to do that.  I figured it would take a long time so I was going to take the old one out the window when the new one goes in.

[Jim Blackwood]

A while back I cut up a full sized 2 door fridge into pieces small enough to stuff in the garbage cans. An angle grinder with a 6" zip blade makes short work of it. Afterwards I learned that the reason it quit cooling was because the motor for the external circulation fan had frozen up. Kind of an expensive mistake there.

Jim

[chessie4905]

Sawzall bi metal blade.

[Van]

" When it rains it pours"

  LOL! When I get done hopefully by fall I am gonna welcome a good Rain storm to wash off all the Sh_t I have been through (2X's is always a charm) with the engine that came in my bus

How much do
Shop towels cost?

[Busted Knuckle]

" When it rains it pours"

How much do
Shop towels cost?

Not NEAR as MUCH AS 2 ENGINES! (unless you bought a 53' trailer load!)

  BK 

[Van]

Not NEAR as MUCH AS 2 ENGINES! (unless you bought a 53' trailer load!)

  BK 

Heck I just now spent over 60,000 Pennies for a hand full of gaskets and cam bearings from PC Industries Lol!

It ain't over
til it's over

[belfert]

A while back I cut up a full sized 2 door fridge into pieces small enough to stuff in the garbage cans. An angle grinder with a 6" zip blade makes short work of it. Afterwards I learned that the reason it quit cooling was because the motor for the external circulation fan had frozen up. Kind of an expensive mistake there.

My external fan, interior fan, and compressor were all running.  The issue is the air coming out was barely cold and the condenser coil was room temperature.

[chessie4905]

Did you have it checked by a refrigeration repair company? May be low. They are a sealed system, but they make taps to connect into it.

[belfert]

My friend is a refrigeration tech who looked at it and said it wasn't worth fixing.  He didn't put any gauges on it since it is a sealed system.  My friend works on the refrigeration systems at grocery stores and such so he works on much bigger systems.

It didn't seem worth spending $150 to $200 to get a tech out to look at a $600 fridge.  A lot of the refrigerant lines were heavily rusted.  We get alkaline dust in the bus every year that can cause rust.  I need to start cleaning the fridge when we get back.

[chessie4905]

Glad you checked. Nothing like a new reefer anyway. Especially if there is a wife.