1966 General Electric Spacemaker 19 Refrigerator MOD. TCF19DBC P.2

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Formally: My General Electric Refrigerator/Bottom Mount Freezer.

 

Part of the haul of vintage appliances from Newport, R.I. . Thanks to Jeannine (spacepig) for posting the ad, John (combo52) for letting me know, and a huge thank you to Scott (searsbest) for helping move and load those heavy appliances.

 

This is a General Electric Model TCF19DBC Serial # LB631067.

 

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The deep cleaning has begun:

 

 

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Putting it back together.

 



 



 

 

[turbokinetic]

That looks very nice! It's hard to find antique appliances which are all complete - especially fridges because they have so many easily-removable parts that get lost through the years.

 

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Thanks David!

 

 

And very true. The first thing I noticed that go missing are the drawers, ice trays, then shelves. And the worst I think are the trim pieces. This one has everything but the ice tray. 

 

 

 

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Just about finished with the refrigerator portion.

 

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A neat control on one of the crisper drawers. Selecting "Meats" opens a flap in the rear of the compartment thus allowing more cold air in.

 



 

Note where they missed a spot while spraying the porcelain finish.

 

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Door panel done.

 



 



 



 

Sadly, the blue metallic finish on two of the shelf bars has flaked off. I saw replacements on ebay but the prices were ridiculous.

 

 

 

 

 

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Freezer.

 

Notice how banged up the bottom edge of the evaporator panel is from over filling the basket and shoving it closed. G. E. could have designed something to prevent that.

 



 

All clean.

 



 



 

Freezer door inner panel. What quality!

 

 

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Finally the wire baskets. You can make a new LG out of one of them.

 

I imagine the undulating part of the ice tray shelf is for cans of frozen juice concentrate. I have the ice bin, but no ice trays.

 



 

 

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The final push.

 

 

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Back in service!

 



 



 



 



 



 

 

[oliger]

I would be lying if I said that I wasn't jealous!

 

[cadman]

Nice Job!!

 

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Thanks guys. One thing, sure is dark in the refrigerator section. That one bulb is not cutting it. I'm going to switch it out for a far brighter LED bulb. I am surprised GE put only one bulb in such a big refrigerator. My 1964 GE has four bulbs.

 

[spacepig]

Just beautiful!!

As for light bulbs, my '65 only has one and it is difficult to see when there is a lot of food in there. My '55 has 2 bulbs (maybe 3), so I was surprised that they went to less.

 

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Thanks Jeannine. Those bottom 2 shelves are black holes.

 

[appnut]

Beautiful Louie!!!

 

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Thanks Bob! I wonder if a freezer can have a Bob Load?

 

[appnut]

if a freezer can have a Bob Load?

Louie, would you believe, according to my bottom mount Kenmore Elite, yes!!!!!!.  

 

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Temperature in refrigerator section hovering around 34F. Freezer section at -4F. Amp draw only goes beyond 5 at compressor startup. Once it settles down, it never goes above 4.8. Today, most of the groceries will return to the kitchen refrigerator, as I had emptied it to give a thorough cleaning (God, the things you find in there). The Spacesaver will be regulated for beverage, overflow duty.

 

[mtn1584]

Maytag???

Where are the pix of your Maytag washer?
Mike

 

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2010 General Electric Refrigerator

 

 

Nothing special. Manufactured July, 2010. Currently the daily driver in the kitchen.

 

The 1966 GE is the back-up to this one.

 

Hopefully the daily driver will be replaced by the 1964 General Electric Spacesaver currently visiting Martin (Yogitunes).

 



 



 



 



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Now what?

 

 

Well, woke up this morning to the same issue. Compressor cycling on and off every minute or so. Temperatures rising inside the refrigerator/freezer. However AMP draw remains normal between 4.9 and 5.2. Mad dash in moving the remaining groceries to the GE daily driver.  Apparently, unless I got yet another defective one, the 3n'1 was not at fault.

 

 

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[combo52]

Compressor Starting Problems

Not so good morning Louie, I don't think that the 3 in 1 relays can handle the 4-5 amp draw of an old compressor for very long, I was concerned about the nearly 5 amp draw you were measuring. 

 

You may have to go back to a mechanical relay and conventual overload. You could also add a start capacitor and it would be interesting to try adding a run capacitor as well, this can bring down the running watts [ and temperature ] of an older compressor like this one.

 

John L.

 

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Thanks John.

 

 

Thanks for the advice. The maximum amp draw for this refrigerator is 6.6. So the current amp draw is too low?

 

 

 

[bigalsf]

Stunning!

Hi, I just read this thread and pt 1.   You did an awesome job on this!  It looks stunning (even brand new!) Your attention to detail is remarkable!  Based on all this I'm highly considering putting in a vintage unit like this when I remodel my kitchen.   I'm sorry that it is giving you some trouble again, but I'm sure you'll get it fixed.   

 

Thank you for documenting the process;  I learned a lot about these units!    

 

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Hello Alan, and thank you. Glad you enjoyed the threads. They are indeed handsome beasts and along with the quality, is why I am so hooked on them. Wishing you the best of luck in finding your own. Please keep us posted!

 

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John, I made a mistake, the maximum amp draw is 5.8, not 6.6.

 

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Tomorrow I am buying a Supco 3 n'1 straight from a factory authorized dealer. No more Amazon. I am certain I got another knock-off even though I purchased it from another vendor.

 

 

RCO410

RCO410--RELAY CAPACITOR OVERLOAD

110 to 125VAC Solid-state Hardstart Relay, includes relay, overload, and start capacitor. Use refrigeration systems with or without run capacitors. Rated for 1/4 HP to 1/3 HP compressors. Maximum RLA 6.8 Amps.

 

Let's see if the third time is the charm.