Thread Number: 75741
/ Tag: Refrigerators
Desperate in Houston! Need 58 Frigidaire Evaporator Motor Replacement or Rebuild |
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Post# 995749 , Reply# 1   5/30/2018 at 21:47 (2,129 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)   |   | |
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by the ratings given,seems this is a shaded pole"fart fan"type motor-does the fan blade/blower impeller mount against a flat hub via two small screws like a ~1962 FD or or 1960s-mid-80s WP evap fan with the Howard Industries motor ? |
Post# 995750 , Reply# 2   5/30/2018 at 21:53 (2,129 days old) by jdwilson (Houston)   |   | |
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It is a sealed bearing 4 pole shaded. It has 4 rubber side mounts and mount s through back of cabinet. I posted some pics. |
Post# 995751 , Reply# 3   5/30/2018 at 21:54 (2,129 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit)   |   | |
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Post# 995752 , Reply# 4   5/30/2018 at 21:55 (2,129 days old) by jdwilson (Houston)   |   | |
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Post# 995753 , Reply# 5   5/30/2018 at 21:57 (2,129 days old) by jdwilson (Houston)   |   | |
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I thought i had posted some! |
Post# 995754 , Reply# 6   5/30/2018 at 21:58 (2,129 days old) by jdwilson (Houston)   |   | |
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Post# 995755 , Reply# 7   5/30/2018 at 21:59 (2,129 days old) by jdwilson (Houston)   |   | |
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Post# 995756 , Reply# 8   5/30/2018 at 22:01 (2,129 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit)   |   | |
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Post# 995759 , Reply# 10   5/30/2018 at 22:16 (2,129 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)   |   | |
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Ok,now I see the standard(1/4"?)shaft :) reply#6 is a good idea. |
Post# 995801 , Reply# 12   5/31/2018 at 09:01 (2,128 days old) by sfh074 ( )   |   | |
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Something like this? Shaft diameter is 1/8" and can be both ccw or cw rotation. And gives you some good mounting options. What is your shaft diameter on the old motor? CLICK HERE TO GO TO sfh074's LINK |
Post# 995951 , Reply# 18   6/1/2018 at 21:09 (2,127 days old) by sfh074 ( )   |   | |
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what motor did you use? |
Post# 995970 , Reply# 19   6/2/2018 at 07:34 (2,127 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Congratulations Joe on getting this very rare and interesting refrigerator, This was the first true FF refrigerator the world ever saw for the home it uses the type of forced air cooling that ALL FF and FF upright freezers the world over use today.
This FF cooling system has and evaporator separated from the food storage area and incorporates a fan to pull air over the evaporator and circulate it over and around all the food packages being stored, periodically the fan and compressor shuts off and the evaporator is heated [ usually with resistance electric heaters, but is can also be a reverse cycle heating using the compressor ] and the ice melts away and drains out of the evaporator area usually to a pan under the ref where the waste heat from the compressor and refrigeration process evaporates it into the ambient room air.
The FP-142-58 was also built on the 50th anniversary of the Frigidaire companies building electric refrigerators. FP stands for Frost-Proof the name FD used for their true FF models, 142 stands for an overall capacity of 14 CF and the 2 means two-door, and 58 is the model year.
This first FF ref had the evaporator fan motor mounted outside the refrigerated area this was unusual but the engineers were worried about the heat that the fan motor would put into the freezer area. As a result the fan was mounted through the rear wall of the freezer section right behind the hot condenser so the motors tended to run pretty hot and fail more quickly, FD changed this design after only two model years.
Joe a friend of mine also talked to the seller of this ref but he was too late, but we are glad it went to a good home. I have a used one of these unusual fan motors laying around my shop somewhere that may be good, let me know if you can't find a satisfactory replacement.
John L. |