Thread Number: 67889
/ Tag: Refrigerators
Another round of refrigerator children |
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Post# 905918 , Reply# 1   11/7/2016 at 20:11 (2,698 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 905941 , Reply# 2   11/7/2016 at 22:39 (2,698 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 906013 , Reply# 3   11/8/2016 at 09:15 (2,698 days old) by ken (NYS)   |   | |
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Post# 906027 , Reply# 4   11/8/2016 at 10:28 (2,697 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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I don't remember seeing a square Monitor-Top. It looks like new! |
Post# 906054 , Reply# 5   11/8/2016 at 12:17 (2,697 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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That unit isn't original to the cabinet, but that's what I like about MT fridges. It's like swapping engines on VW bugs, but even easier -- pop the old unit out and pop a new one in, and you're back in business (weight not withstanding -- I use the term "pop" loosely).
Travis can provide dates on the cabinet vs the top. The globe top looks all original. |
Post# 906068 , Reply# 6   11/8/2016 at 13:31 (2,697 days old) by ken (NYS)   |   | |
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The square top or "bread box" monitor used a condenser fan under the cover unlike all other monitor tops which cooled by thermal radiation.
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Post# 906069 , Reply# 7   11/8/2016 at 13:48 (2,697 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 906098 , Reply# 8   11/8/2016 at 16:26 (2,697 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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Post# 906105 , Reply# 9   11/8/2016 at 17:28 (2,697 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 906129 , Reply# 11   11/8/2016 at 22:07 (2,697 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 906689 , Reply# 12   11/12/2016 at 17:39 (2,693 days old) by Travis ()   |   | |
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Unfortunately, the little 34 Westinghouse gave me a dramatic light show and then dumped it's so2 throughout the house last night. I have a compressor out of a 37 Westinghouse in the garage so maybe it can live on.
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Post# 906851 , Reply# 13   11/13/2016 at 21:28 (2,692 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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Post# 909893 , Reply# 15   12/6/2016 at 12:04 (2,669 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 909894 , Reply# 16   12/6/2016 at 12:08 (2,669 days old) by ken (NYS)   |   | |
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Post# 909941 , Reply# 18   12/6/2016 at 16:56 (2,669 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 909952 , Reply# 19   12/6/2016 at 18:16 (2,669 days old) by Travis ()   |   | |
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I am well past out of room. That's the 5th DR1. I joked to a friend that I would stop at 7 and paint them rainbow colors! |
Post# 910000 , Reply# 20   12/7/2016 at 07:58 (2,669 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Travis, I don't know much about these monitor tops but I heard that this early style had a different compressor and probably used different oil than the later ones?
I know someone who tried to "fix" one that already worked and after he replaced the oil in the compressor it didn't! I don't know what he did wrong! |
Post# 910351 , Reply# 23   12/9/2016 at 13:31 (2,666 days old) by ken (NYS)   |   | |
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Post# 910354 , Reply# 24   12/9/2016 at 13:38 (2,666 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 910392 , Reply# 26   12/9/2016 at 18:52 (2,666 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 910399 , Reply# 28   12/9/2016 at 19:44 (2,666 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 910400 , Reply# 29   12/9/2016 at 19:53 (2,666 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Travis, it's strange that there's no slack in the heater leads. How are you supposed to extract it then?
GE was still making a replacement part (though not catalogued as such) for MT heaters back in the early '80s when I needed one. I gave that part number to everybody I knew who owned a MT so outfitted.
Where are you getting your replacement heaters? |
Post# 912061 , Reply# 31   12/21/2016 at 17:52 (2,654 days old) by Coldspaces (Chillicothe Illinois)   |   | |
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Hi all new here but not new to Travis.
Yes Travis has a lot of frig babies and I have to admit I am pretty much just as bad. The Westinghouse Travis had erupt has now got the R12 compressor in it and seems to work correctly now but run time has been limited as I didn't want to leave it unattended yet. I think part of his control problem was that the condenser fan was stiff and dragging. The control start relay coil sees the current draw of the compressor and fan motor both. Now that I got the fan oiled and freed up the control has been ok. Coldspaces |
Post# 912074 , Reply# 32   12/21/2016 at 19:08 (2,654 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 912080 , Reply# 33   12/21/2016 at 21:31 (2,654 days old) by Coldspaces (Chillicothe Illinois)   |   | |
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Thanks Ralph, I am too mechanically orientated and don't seem to remember all the details Travis does with out looking them up. I have way to many projects and run my own HVACR business, guess my mind can't retain it all.
As time allows I will try to post some pics, I have over 20 antique frigs and 4 soda coolers presently. |
Post# 912087 , Reply# 34   12/21/2016 at 23:55 (2,654 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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Happy to hear the Westinghouse is running again!
Is the R12 compressor the same as the SO2 compressor or are we talking about a different design? I noticed that Westinghouse was claiming that the R12 hermetic compressors in their new 1941 window ACs had a design that had been proved in nearly 2,000,000 units, so that would have to have been in refrigerators, I guess? |
Post# 912092 , Reply# 35   12/22/2016 at 00:28 (2,654 days old) by Travis ()   |   | |
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Same design. The failed unit was 1934 and the donor from 1937. |
Post# 912110 , Reply# 36   12/22/2016 at 07:59 (2,654 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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