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Hopefully i'll hear from him.

"I have a phobia concerning anything new" Me too. It killed me to do it. It was very frustrating.... no internet back then... Might have been different today. Oh well, i still would like an expert's opinion on what combo compressor and cap tube to use on my unit. Anyone? Thanks.

I just threw one of these out recently. Digistat. It had a potentiometer to fine tune the temp reading from inaccurate to waayy off!

Well the original compressor died in the mid 80's. I saved it from the trash it was sitting at the curb of a house on my girlfriends street with the door off. They ruined the springs in the hinges when they took the door off, i guess it self closed originally. Otherwise, cosmetically, it's...

This is almost identical to mine. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Westinghouse-Refrigerator-Vintage-c1940s-and-it-works-/321895488582

From what i've heard it's very rare for a fridge service tech to even touch the "SEALED SYSTEM" these days, at least when it's under warranty. combo52, could you, or do you know where, i could get info on the best replacement compressor and cap tube set up for my mid 30's Westinghouse? I'm...

Some were mercury and many were Bi Metal and none were as accurate as a modern digital stat. Unless you get a bad one. Then they can do things an old analog stat could never dream of. Bad things. Many of the new systems are all data... stat to furnace, furnace to condenser...... If any part of...

None of them had thermostats............ Every one i dealt with here in Houston had one of those old style metal heat only wall mounted 2 wire stats.

"It's round and when viewed from the top it has fins all around the side, I think, sort of resembling a refrigerator compressor." http://inspectapedia.com/heat/Royal_Metal_Works_Gas_Heater_1928s.jpg http://inspectapedia.com/heat/Royal_Metal_Works_Gas_Heater_1929s.jpg

"gas going thru valve generates current" (Technical It works on a millivolt thermostat "In other words gas going thru the valve generates enough current to operate the thermostat with no external power source......" Technically no, The pilot flame keeps a millivolt generator hot (like a...

modern fridge's efficiency I'd bet 80% of a modern fridge's efficiency is due to modern insulation and evaporator ~ condenser coil design. I'd be shocked if the compressor itself accounted for more than 20% of the total improvement.

Yes, or the Energy and other resources wasted Also the fuel costs in transporting those beasts with their cement balancing weights. More fuel used to ship new, then haul off to the junkyard, not to mention the sprained backs of the fools trying to install and position those things.

Anyone factored in the billions of dollars wasted ????????? I wonder if anyone has ever factored in the billions of dollars wasted by consumers buying those thousand dollar front loaders from the 2000 - 2010 era that lasted 5 or 6 years with many breakdowns in between only to junked in year 7...

That close up of the compressor looks kind of oily. Where there is oil there is usually a freon leak and if a hermetically sealed system EVER needs freon it's leaking. The tech. that charged it didn't take a quick sniff with a leak detector and that sucks. Should be easy to find since since 99%...

What's the model # on the evap. coil ?

GSX130241D Shipped with Orifice 0.057 That's the right one for the two ton.

27 ft that's fine. Yea, check that orifice you may have mistaken a one for a seven though you'll never know for sure until you're holding the orifice in your hand. Hopefully the installer installed the 51 that came with the condenser in the coil at the time. Maybe you could ask him. If the...

The 1.5 ton 410a Goodman condenser is shipped with a .51 orifice. That WILL make a difference. If the set up has a 13 ft lineset and an oversized orifice that will result in high suction pressures with the factory charge of refrigerant. Even if he removed some freon to compensate for that short...

It's either undercharged or it has too much airflow. I think that .57 orifice is TOO BIG for 1.5 tons and causing it to run a high suction pressure. It's either that or it's undercharged and/or it has too much airflow. If the air isn't coming out of the vents like a jet then i'd bet on that...

Maytag range clock I have found that if you remove the assembly and clean and oil the clock motor and/or movement 95% of the time they'll come back to life and run for years. It's quite often the only problem is caked up old lubricants. I've done it many times with range clock,s oven...