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Thread Number: 69359
/ Tag: Refrigerators
1941 GE has strong smell after moving |
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Post# 922188 , Reply# 1 2/18/2017 at 14:21 (2,624 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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Post# 922189 , Reply# 2 2/18/2017 at 14:24 (2,624 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 922205 , Reply# 3 2/18/2017 at 16:51 (2,623 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 922235 , Reply# 4 2/18/2017 at 18:50 (2,623 days old) by Travis () | ||
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It's likely a small so2 leak.
Relax, move it to a garage or carport. Do not call anyone about it, Jesus. | ||
| Post# 922278 , Reply# 6 2/18/2017 at 21:20 (2,623 days old) by Travis () | ||
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With some work you can charge it with 134a.
Please google monitor top forum and look there. A member by the name of coldspaces can direct you. He's also here, but logs in less often. | ||
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Post# 922322 , Reply# 7 2/19/2017 at 01:59 (2,623 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Freon came out in the 1920's, but GE's Monitor Top fridges used SO2 for years. It looks to me like late 1930's and perhaps into 1941 GE fridges moved the cylindrical compressor assembly from the top of the fridge to a space under it, resulting in a raised refrigerated compartment. I presume these still used SO2.
I have a 1948 GE one-door fridge. It still runs well but needs a new door gasket (I have the material, but haven't gotten round to installing it... I've been using the need to repaint the exterior as an excuse). According to the tag on the compressor assembly, it uses Freon-12. The thinking with these old SO2 fridges apparently was that the odor of leaking SO2 was so noticeable (think rotten eggs) that people would clear the area before it became a serious health problem. However I've also read that the SO2 could react with water to become sulfuric acid which could cause skin burns and breathing problems. On the other hand in the older leaky homes of the era, the quantity contained in a residential fridge was not though to be lethal. Next | ||
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Post# 922451 , Reply# 10 2/19/2017 at 19:49 (2,622 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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| Post# 922454 , Reply# 11 2/19/2017 at 20:12 (2,622 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
Here in Canada, GE (and Hotloint) still used SO2 on mid-to-late 1940s fridges. I used to have one GE Deluxe fridge that looked just like US models but it had door shelves. I can't tell if the similar fridges made in the US were still charged with SO2 or if they had switched to R12. A friend of mine has a 1965 GE bottom freezer that's charged with R-500, another odd refrigerant that GE used here.
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Post# 922473 , Reply# 12 2/19/2017 at 22:34 (2,622 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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