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Post# 727867   1/15/2014 at 15:06 (3,724 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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If all goes according to plan, this Deep-Freeze freezer will be coming home with me tomorrow. I saw a thread not that long ago with advertising for the double cylinder model but was looking for more info. I was curious if anyone in the club had either model. Is there any way to ID the year?
I'll post more pics once I get it home. -Cory |
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Post# 727871 , Reply# 1   1/15/2014 at 15:31 (3,724 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Deep Freeze, Motor Wheel Products. |
Post# 727882 , Reply# 2   1/15/2014 at 16:18 (3,724 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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I have only seen them with the little box for the compressor beside them or between, in the case of the double barrel models. |
Post# 727899 , Reply# 3   1/15/2014 at 18:12 (3,724 days old) by Travis ()   |   | |
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That's cute |
Post# 727945 , Reply# 4   1/15/2014 at 22:02 (3,724 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 727955 , Reply# 5   1/16/2014 at 00:06 (3,724 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 727976 , Reply# 6   1/16/2014 at 01:32 (3,724 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 728028 , Reply# 7   1/16/2014 at 07:41 (3,723 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 728242 , Reply# 8   1/17/2014 at 00:35 (3,723 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 728264 , Reply# 9   1/17/2014 at 08:16 (3,722 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Well, she made it home in one piece- too dark to snap any pics but we'll see this weekend. I know it was cooling when I bought it, I just hope the ride home didn't disturb the sealed system.
One thing I noticed is that the evaporator is just a short length of steel line that runs back and forth in the "vent opening" area at the bottom. It's secured to the steel "slats" like a heatsink. Pretty cool. For scale, it comes up to me at mid-chest height so for someone short, they'd have quite a reach trying to get the ground beef out of the bottom! |
Post# 728353 , Reply# 10   1/17/2014 at 18:04 (3,722 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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That better be the condenser down there. |
Post# 728390 , Reply# 11   1/17/2014 at 20:35 (3,722 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 728391 , Reply# 12   1/17/2014 at 20:36 (3,722 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 728392 , Reply# 13   1/17/2014 at 20:37 (3,722 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 728393 , Reply# 14   1/17/2014 at 20:38 (3,722 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 728395 , Reply# 15   1/17/2014 at 20:48 (3,722 days old) by 58limited (Port Arthur, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 728403 , Reply# 16   1/17/2014 at 21:28 (3,722 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 728406 , Reply# 17   1/17/2014 at 21:50 (3,722 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 728409 , Reply# 18   1/17/2014 at 22:05 (3,722 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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Post# 728410 , Reply# 19   1/17/2014 at 22:17 (3,722 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Is BIG enough , that thing will run 50 more years! |
Post# 728420 , Reply# 20   1/17/2014 at 22:36 (3,722 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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Post# 728449 , Reply# 21   1/18/2014 at 02:10 (3,722 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 728495 , Reply# 22   1/18/2014 at 07:56 (3,721 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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Post# 728522 , Reply# 23   1/18/2014 at 10:38 (3,721 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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...opened my eyes to another vintage area I never looked at before.
I really like your DeepFreezer, in the round...but I haven't discounted the square look... CLICK HERE TO GO TO ovrphil's LINK |
Post# 728534 , Reply# 24   1/18/2014 at 11:38 (3,721 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Post# 728537 , Reply# 25   1/18/2014 at 11:45 (3,721 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 728720 , Reply# 26   1/19/2014 at 10:04 (3,720 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 728763 , Reply# 28   1/19/2014 at 13:19 (3,720 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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Post# 738848 , Reply# 29   3/2/2014 at 19:48 (3,678 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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After a good cleaning, and a few frozen food sales I couldn't pass up, we decided to press the Deep Freeze into service. I've had a Kill-A-Watt on the line feed since 4PM on Feb 2nd. At 6PM tonight (March 2nd) I took a reading. The unit currently is set to run -5 to -10F and lives in a 50F avg environment. After one month's usage, total KWH is 21.83. At our all-electric winter rate of $0.05/KwH, this comes to a grand total of $1.09!
I think I can live with that, haha. -Cory |
Post# 738930 , Reply# 30   3/3/2014 at 06:50 (3,678 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 738937 , Reply# 31   3/3/2014 at 07:29 (3,677 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Cool News Cory, glad it is working fine.
A lot of early freezers, refrigerators and home air-conditioners were very efficient and would easily be awarded the Energy-Star award if they were being sold today. In the case of Cory's freezer one of the major reasons that it is so efficient is the fact that it is round, and not terribly large in size, the only shape that would have been even more efficient would be a completely spherical ball shaped freezer. When appliance manufactures first wanted to sell consumers appliances cost of operation was a big concern for people considering such purchases. It was hard enough to get customers to part with hundreds of dollars to buy the appliance, but if was going to cost even a few dollars per month to run that was another matter. You have to remember that the average national electrical cost around the time this freezer was built was around .03 cents per KW, so even in 1949 this freezer would cost a dollar or more to operate most months of the year. |
Post# 738939 , Reply# 32   3/3/2014 at 07:50 (3,677 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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That is very cool, and so cheap to operate. A couple of bio-hazard stickers and you wouldn't have to worry about anyone sneaking off with any frozen Twinkies!
My grandparents had a giant Deep Freeze on their enclosed back-porch, I never knew it was a "brand" until much later in life, they were all called deep freeze. |
Post# 834708 , Reply# 33   8/1/2015 at 06:38 (3,162 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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Post# 834720 , Reply# 34   8/1/2015 at 10:55 (3,161 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 834849 , Reply# 35   8/2/2015 at 16:06 (3,160 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Hey Tim!
Yep, it's still our #1 freezer. Keeps everything ice cold and is currently loaded to the lid. With this humid weather it's starting to get an even layer of frost on the inner cylinder, but nothing to be concerned about. Once the weather turns this fall I should give it its first defrosting. Seriously. This thing was built to last. -C |
Post# 834924 , Reply# 36   8/3/2015 at 06:21 (3,160 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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Glad to hear it Cory. I still can't believe your amazing luck finding this true survivor. Here is an ad from Life magazine dated 7/29/1946 showing your model. CLICK HERE TO GO TO polkanut's LINK |
Post# 899232 , Reply# 37   9/18/2016 at 07:09 (2,748 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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Post# 1075909 , Reply# 38   6/5/2020 at 16:01 (1,391 days old) by lotsosudz (Sacramento, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 1075966 , Reply# 39   6/5/2020 at 23:46 (1,391 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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Me too.
I got a Kenmore 14 cu ft chest freezer about 15 years ago. I like it. Has the flash defrost feature, which makes defrosting go by rather quickly (once the freezer has been emptied, that is). I wind up defrosting it about once a year, at which time stuff at the bottom can be evaluated whether to use right away, toss, or move to top. I also have a Food Saver vacuum sealer which seems to add a year or more to the usable life of the item.
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