Thread Number: 87111
/ Tag: Refrigerators
L’il bitty Sears Coldspot Chest Freezer (1959?) |
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Post# 1116721 , Reply# 1   5/9/2021 at 03:06 (1,083 days old) by Stan (Napa CA)   |   | |
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Post# 1116729 , Reply# 3   5/9/2021 at 08:15 (1,083 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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This is a Whirlpool product with a WP-Seeger rotary compressor.
This has the one piece porcelain enameled steel liner that has the steel evaporator tubing continuously welded to the outside of the liner, this is a process that International Harvester developed to build their freezers and WP bought IHs freezer plant in the late 50s.
I would guess by the model and serial #s this is a 1962 Freezer.
Hopefully this neat freezer just has electrical problems which should be easy to fix.
Keep Us posted, John L. |
Post# 1116844 , Reply# 4   5/10/2021 at 11:09 (1,082 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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You can bet John will know !! I sure wish I could find one of these Just the size freezer I need! |
Post# 1117738 , Reply# 5   5/20/2021 at 01:31 (1,072 days old) by Stan (Napa CA)   |   | |
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Post# 1117855 , Reply# 6   5/20/2021 at 22:28 (1,071 days old) by cspetros (Portsmouth, VA)   |   | |
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No updates yet. Work has been ultra busy this week and I haven’t dedicated any time at all to it. I will post an update and response this weekend though. Thanks for checking up 🙂 |
Post# 1119696 , Reply# 10   6/8/2021 at 18:36 (1,052 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Sorry it didn't work, first thing to determine now is whether it still has a charge in it.
If it lost its refrigerant it could be almost imposable to repair because of the difficulty of getting to the condenser and evaporator tubing.
If the leak in in the evaporator [ low side ] the steel evaporator tubing is welded continuously to the outside of the porcelain coated steel liner, If the leak is in the condenser [ high side ] you can bypass the shell condenser and hang a condenser on the back of the freezer as long as you keep the freezer in an air conditioned home so it will not sweet on the outside of the cabinet.
If it still has a charge in it you may only need to change the compressor and while you can change the rotors over to a piston compressor it is a lot more work so you might be better off finding an old WP rotary compressor.
John L. |