Recent content by gizmo

They are also horribly inefficient. Most of them use more power than a standard fridge of much larger capacity.

You should see the seal. It's a complex bit of rubber. It has complicated flanges at each end (tub and cabinet) but the middle section is more like a wheel barrow inner tube than a washing machine door boot. I do think a tyre tube of a suitable size (maybe a 10 inch car tube, from an original...

I sent a slightly torn but pretty good seal to a member of this site in the UK for them to use as a template for making up new seals. I think it came to nothing - cost was too high, he decided to patch up that seal instead and use it. I still have a new black seal in a drawer at home, but it is...

It can be helpful to have separate restrictors for hot and cold - for example where you have a high mains water pressure (cold water) but have a low pressure hot water system - gravity feed hot water tank, or an instantaneous hot water heater. In that case you can remove the flow restrictor on...

Phone removalists near the seller and near you, and ask them. Ask about backloading - when a truck is returning home after a job, they can carry stuff home on the return trip and often give a discount. We sent a front loader from Melbourne to my sister when she was in Alice Springs, it was over...

Yay! Glad to hear it is saved. Graffitied in Frankston - no surprise there. I grew up in Frankston, when I moved away it went downhill fast... ;)

Hi Frigidaire Deluxe This has your name on it. Go on, you know you want it. Price is right...;)

oops two boo-boos in my post above: (corrected version below...) 1. "....the refrigerant line does a loop around each door opening, just behind the surface, before going to the condensers on each side." 2. At the end... "The best models of similar size in new models are rated at about 200 KW/h...

Cyclic defrost models often don't have a heater. I have a 217 litre Oracle fridge, it is made in China by Haier. Somewhere between 10 and 20 years old. It has a manual defrost freezer, but rarely needs defrosting - maybe once every year or two? The fridge has no visible evaporator, it is hidden...

Wait to see what the UK guys say, but I think the suspension might be unique to the Aussie models?? There is a small chance I might have a spare set, don't hold your breath. Will be a couple of days till I can look.

Those absorption fridges are astonishingly inefficient. That little thing will use way more power than a big two door side by side regular fridge.

Google translated from Finnish: Has been in the possession of the original owner's family since new, inherited from the apartment building for 57 years.

Pstehle: R22 is a refrigerant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorodifluoromethane

Hi Vacerator Is Hartnett listed in your book? It was a small Australian car company in the 1950s with an interesting history. Unfortunately the project wasn't successful and only a small number were sold. I am busy today but can give more info later.

This video gives more info on the Zeta, the car is at the National Motor Museum at Birdwood, North of Adelaide. The Lightburn Zeta Runabout was based on a British car of the 1950s, the Anzani Astra, but with unique styling. The blue car in the video is referred to as a "ute" or "utility"...