Cold problem

Ah Wise Man, thank you...but...i found out the problem.  evidently the rockola is a lot simpler thant the other machines.  scenerio..i got off work tonite and went and opend the running machine.  big time frost and ice down at the bottom of the machine.  ok no problem, found the thermostat, looks new, turned it to off and let it defrost.  in the meantime i took a flashlight and was shining it around and found the fan that forces the air upward....not spinning?'>  ok, look at the can rack and see that at the top there are 2 brackets...hmmm...so phillips screwdriver, take them off, and the entire can rack system, as well as the electrics on the rack pivot downward!  COOL, so i look at the fan, that is the only reason i think, except to clean the occasional burst can that you would do this, but anyway i look at the fan and it has a shredded, ancient, coke can that is through the fan!!  well i unplug it to take off the tension, hit it with some WD40, pull out the blockage, plug back in and shoot!!!  i turned the thermo up to 7 and it actually froze the 5 cans, 1 in each slot, in about 2.5 hours!!!  happy, happy, happy!  anyway, i live 15 minutes from Mexico and a friend of mine is going this weekend and he is going to pick me up a couple of one pound cans of R12, yes it is still in Mexico, they are about 3-5 bucks per pound, and my HVAC neighbor is going to charge if for me.  so all is good in Arizona.  thanx for all the info so far and i will stay tuned.

[collecture]

I am in Phoenix - where are you? Welcome fellow Desert Rat! Now there are three of us that I know about.

I'm actually in ####...Yuma!!  I'll take some pics tonite of the machine before i stock it after work.  It was amazingly simple to fix and to access that back  area.  the only reason that you would want to access that is due to clean up or the fan going out. i turned the temp up to max 7 last nite and put a bud lite in it.  this am it was frozen solid!!'>  so i turned it down to 5 since it will be full tonite nothing should freeze.  it is in my AZ room with the hot tub, so that is kinda cool.  hard to keep change around though when you want a beer and your buck naked in the tub!!  i know too much info!

[MoonDawg]

Why are you going to re-charge this system? It's working fine.  The thermostat should cut out before freezing though...........even on a level 7