Brittle wire insulation going to the compressor....?

[wee]

When I bought this machine the guy told me the compressor didn't work....It was cheap so I didn't really care or ask too many questions about it.....Well tonight I put a new temporary wire on it in place of the brittle one that went to the compressor and fired it up....Started with the thermostat in the off position and it didn't kick the breaker.....So far so good....Turned it to cool and the bottom fan started right away and ran quite....I could hear a hum....I did all this with the door open.

In less than 5 minutes the top lines started to frost up so I closed the door....About 5 min later I opened the door and it was getting cool....So I unpluged it and it made the kind of boiling noise I have heard others on this site talk about.

By the way the end of the power cord looked this machine hasn't been pluged in for year and years....I hope all that was wrong was the brittle cord going to the compressor....At this point I plan on pulling the cooling unit out and replacing the fans and wiring and doing some cleaning.

I'm guessing that since it started to get cold that the compressor is not shot....?  It may be low on freon and over the years of sitting have moisture in the lines which I would need to have fixed but I think overall I will be able to get the unit in working order.....Can a HVAC guy install a fitting and check the freon or will I need to take it to a guy that works on vending machines.....?

Thank ya'll for the help
Brian

[kbareit]

Any qualified refrigeration tech can sort your machine out.

[collecture]

Probably less than 5% of all the machines I have owned have had a bad compressor!
I would have let it run for a bit and see what happened. You're there to monitor it.
Sealed system - either it is still sealed or not! Usually they cool down into the 30's within 45 minutes.
I bet that after you clean, rewire & replace that it will be good to go!

[wee]

I hope you are right about the cooling system being OK....I'm not sure who's idea it was but I saw it on this site where the fan blades were painted Coca-Cola red....Nice touch...Can I get that color at Lowes or Homedepot.....?

Brian

[Kilroy]

Either should be able to scan a color sample and mix some red up for you

[wee]

I now have both the bottle rack and the cooling unit out of the machine....Pretty easy job but getting the cooling unit out is a two person job.

How does the cardboard fan shroud come off....?  I didn't mess with it too much and I can see some clips just not sure of the best way to get them off.

Just did some test cleaning and I think the compressor is going to clean up nice. I'm going to just make my own wiring harness, I'll solder the connections and use some heat shrink for a nice clean look.

I didn't take any pics tonight after cleaning on it alittle....The ones below were taken yesterday.

[briandr1]

I imagine the guy didnt think it would work it wouldnt cool worth a flip with that dirty of condensor

[johnieG]

So that's were my cat went when it crawled off to die...Yuuk!   

[briandr1]

That explains the crispy wires poor compressor  was hot as haties lol

[wee]

After taking all the wiring and fans off I got it cleaned up today....It's ready for a fresh coat of paint..







The fan shroud cleaned up nice and I now know how to take it off without tearing it up.....


Brian