homebrewer_99
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I screwed up...OK, I admit it...now I need help.
I have a VERY old Kelvinator fridge with a freezer. I checked it visually around the freezer section and realized that I could drill through the rivets and release the freezer portion from the fridge and remove it entirely leaving behind these two "tanks" which cool the fridge....
Nah, it's not that easy...the lines (are they freon filled or is the cold generated when I plug the sucker back in??) are attached to the aluminum freezer compartment. Now I have a freezer section hanging freely. Because the bolt heads that holds it onto the ceiling of the fridge broke off.
I crushed a couple of inches of the lines thinking I could cut, bend and and solder them shut. Then I realized it's a closed loop system. OH SHIITE!!!
I checked behind the fridge and the large tank that I assume holds freon has what looks like an intake hose that is also crushed and soldered. I'm guessing it can't be refilled.
Anyone have any ideas as to what I can do now to keep the fridge operational? I'd like to use it for lagering.
I have a VERY old Kelvinator fridge with a freezer. I checked it visually around the freezer section and realized that I could drill through the rivets and release the freezer portion from the fridge and remove it entirely leaving behind these two "tanks" which cool the fridge....
Nah, it's not that easy...the lines (are they freon filled or is the cold generated when I plug the sucker back in??) are attached to the aluminum freezer compartment. Now I have a freezer section hanging freely. Because the bolt heads that holds it onto the ceiling of the fridge broke off.
I crushed a couple of inches of the lines thinking I could cut, bend and and solder them shut. Then I realized it's a closed loop system. OH SHIITE!!!
I checked behind the fridge and the large tank that I assume holds freon has what looks like an intake hose that is also crushed and soldered. I'm guessing it can't be refilled.
Anyone have any ideas as to what I can do now to keep the fridge operational? I'd like to use it for lagering.