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Hi Travis. Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it! It's pretty important to learn the basics of refrigeration, or automotive, or anything technical for that matter. Even if you don't plan to do the work, it helps you avoid getting lied to by unscrupulous service people.     

Thank you Austin. I'm glad it helped explain some things to you.  The most basic reasoning for this is summed up as follows.  Many of the systems I work on need to be charged, tested, de-charged, modified, charged, and tested again. This has to repeat until the adjustments are finished. One...

Hi folks. Just a preface before I get into depth with this post. This subject may not be interesting to some, as it is slightly off topic and very technical. It's very much topic-related, though. If you find it boring, please accept my apology in advance. As you know, one of the issues working...

The tool for this was sold by Robinair. I made a video on one of them here:     You can use alternative refrigerants besides R12 if you can't get it.  My go-to is R152A.  This doesn't change any of the repair process, including the necessity of repairing the leak and removing moisture from the...

A bit grim but.... The "AA 409" pliers are used for marking livestock on their ears for identification. They are called "tattoo pliers" and are coated with ink and then the needles are used to puncture the markings into the ears of the livestock. There are a variety of them still available. A...

That is in amazing shape, no doubt!

Beautiful!

Thanks James!   It's still working well. Planning to move it to my house next week.

Teardown videos.... Thanks Jon. I really appreciate it and will make more of this sort of videos! They are time consuming - at least the part of cutting open the compressor casing is.  I did save the parts of this one so that I can use parts to build a good one eventually. The stator winding...

Failure analysis of the original compressor!   Got some follow-up on the under-counter Coldspot freezer repaired last week. In the video linked above, you can see what was internally wrong with the compressor.

Normally, if the diode fails, it fails shorted, and the fuse opens. If fuse is still good, it's likely not the diode. Transformer is same; it usually shorts and blows fuse, causing totally dead microwave. That leaves the capacitor and magnetron. The capacitor can be tested with a meter; as can...

Thanks Greg, I'm glad you find this sort of thing inspirational. I hope it encourages others not to give up on their appliances when they have problems. This sort of repair is very rewarding to me!   Melvin; definitely get that Frigidaire out and se what sort of shape it's in! Might surprise you!

This one was fun and it will be interesting to see how the longterm results are.  The first part of the video is troubleshooting the original compressor, and musing about the previous repairs found.  After that, an experimental modification is made!        A bit of a backstory is in order. ...

John, it would make -30°F after running an hour, with the thermostat at its coldest. I know that needs adjustment for sure! The compressor has external cooling fins since they knew it would not have much return gas density to cool the motor LOL!  I'm letting it go for a week or so, to let...

Hi John. I expect that if it does used more power than it should, the reason could be the wall thickness and insulation quality. I did replace all the insulation with new fiberglass in the sides, and foamboard in the bottom. However, we had a very high humidity period today and there was some...

Awesome, thank you Ben, for the info! Definitely keep your friends freezer out of the scrapyard if that day comes!

Thank you guys, for the kind words! As you can probably tell, I get a lot of satisfaction from these repairs.    It does get nice and cold! With capillary tube refrigeration systems, there is always a compromise in the performance. The capillary tube provides a fixed restriction regardless of...

Hi folks. This is a video-heavy thread. I don't have a lot of still pictures from this project, but there are three videos.   I got this chest freezer locally just before it was going to be turned into an earthworm composting bin. It was badly corroded as if someone had used it to store...

Thanks Tom. It is in amazing condition! I hope to find a new owner for it who will appreciate it.

This range came from the son of the original owner. He had to move it after his mom passed. We tried to sell it but got no takers. It's now stored at my fridge repair shop in Alabama. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">I will entertain any reasonable offer!</span> I can help you load it...