Thread Number: 82183
/ Tag: Refrigerators
Sparks-Withington "Sparton" refrigerator.... |
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Post# 1062048 , Reply# 1   3/2/2020 at 10:48 (1,515 days old) by eronie (Flushing Michigan)   |   | |
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Wow that looks like a direct drive compressor, no belt. Never have seen one like it before. |
Post# 1062102 , Reply# 2   3/2/2020 at 21:24 (1,514 days old) by 2packs4sure (houston)   |   | |
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Wow !! That's the strangest ever,, is there a tag,, do you even know the refrigerant ?? I love the on/off !
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Post# 1062151 , Reply# 4   3/3/2020 at 10:23 (1,514 days old) by 2packs4sure (houston)   |   | |
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I wonder if that design was all about getting around all existing patents of the day ? |
Post# 1062181 , Reply# 5   3/3/2020 at 15:18 (1,513 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 1062189 , Reply# 6   3/3/2020 at 16:40 (1,513 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 1062422 , Reply# 8   3/6/2020 at 00:38 (1,511 days old) by turbokinetic (Northport, Alabama USA)   |   | |
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Post# 1062509 , Reply# 10   3/6/2020 at 23:31 (1,510 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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Post# 1062600 , Reply# 12   3/8/2020 at 06:33 (1,509 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 1062609 , Reply# 13   3/8/2020 at 10:01 (1,509 days old) by turbokinetic (Northport, Alabama USA)   |   | |
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Thanks Eddie! Now on to the hard part - refurbishing the cabinet. It's as rough as the cooling unit was to start with and unfortunately, there are some really badly damaged porcelain areas. |
Post# 1062618 , Reply# 14   3/8/2020 at 11:23 (1,509 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK)   |   | |
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Post# 1062624 , Reply# 15   3/8/2020 at 12:45 (1,508 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)   |   | |
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Post# 1062672 , Reply# 16   3/9/2020 at 00:23 (1,508 days old) by turbokinetic (Northport, Alabama USA)   |   | |
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You know - people always said that fixing anything older than 5 years was rocker surgery.... So maybe you're right! |
Post# 1062882 , Reply# 18   3/10/2020 at 23:40 (1,506 days old) by turbokinetic (Northport, Alabama USA)   |   | |
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It's about done!
Made a light fitting today; from copper tube fittings. It works well!
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Post# 1063019 , Reply# 19   3/12/2020 at 23:08 (1,504 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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Catching up with the videos...
You're right, as far as one can tell from a recording, it does sound like a good little compressor. Almost modern, not so much of the put-put sound you get from some of the antiques. (Although the put-put sound is charming!) I would not have thought of a scotchbrite pad plus brake cleaner for removing rust from porcelain. Maybe 0000 steel wool or Zud, but it would make me nervous about scratching the surface. Although the worn-through parts of the cabinet are unfortunate, it really looks spiffy overall now. I just remembered that my old 1940 Packard had Sparks-Withington air horns, so they had their fingers in a lot of different pies, as well as the Sparton radios they were most famous for. |
Post# 1063117 , Reply# 20   3/13/2020 at 17:20 (1,503 days old) by sarahperdue (Alabama)   |   | |
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Post# 1063352 , Reply# 21   3/15/2020 at 19:31 (1,501 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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