Removing refrigeration from westinghouse

[johnieG]

Sure, on the bottom of the Thermostat, there are two wires, by shorting these wires together, you will bypass the themostat, but....

CAUTION   .....do this with the machine unpluged, as the wires have line voltage across them...& insulate them well from shorting out against the machine (or YOU)...with electrical tape while testing....BEFORE you plug the machine back in...

[Bob K]

Thanks johnnieg, I'll take a look tonight and report back.

[Jim]

Sorry I took too long to reply on the thermostat bypass test...
And as Johnie stated, unplug the machine prior to this procedure!

[MoonDawg]

I have a couple of W-44's I robbed the coin mech's from. One has the terminal block exposed. The thermostat has 3 wires comming out of it.
      The black wire goes to terminal #1 with other the black wires. The red wire goes to #2 with other red wire. The white wire does not go to # 3 with the other white wires. it is connected to terminal #4.
      If that's not the problem run power to Terminals 1 & 3. For this  cut off the female end of an extension cord and install 2 insulated aligator clips you'll get from the auto parts store. (You'll use this  lot in the future)
       Hope Jim or Johnie double checks that this information is correct.
       La Conchita landslide is 10 miles from me. Pretty hectic here in Ventura this week.
        Last thing, anybody interested in the two 44's?  Glen

[Bob K]

Thanks so much, guys.  Your advice is greatly appreciated.

Bob

[Kevin C]

Hello

Post a picture of the 44's

Kevin

[Bob K]

Thanks Jim, johnieG, Kevin and MoonDawg - she's blowin' ICE COLD now... '> .

I switched the wiring around according to your advice (and a wiring diagram), then stood back and gingerly plugged it back in, expecting the entire neighborhood to get thrown into darkness '> .  She just starting humming away like it was 1961...  I checked on it an hour later and it was at 32.4 and the compressor had cycled off.  I'll test it for a longer period this weekend.  

Isn't it a great feeling to see one of these old soldiers come back to life?

Thanks again,
Bob