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Title: Beverage-Air SF34 Cooler Post by: Rick_T88 on September 28, 2022, 07:35:55 pm Hello all. Today I purchased a Beverage-Air SF34 cooler. I think it is a 1980-ish item. The owner said it plugs in and comes on but not sure if it cools (which I knew meant it didn't). It was $100 so I thought I'd play with it. I will attempt to attach pics. It is a R12 system, and the fans run but it doesn't get cold. I will need a kit to convert it to 134a. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Beverage-Air SF34 Cooler Post by: Rick_T88 on September 28, 2022, 07:41:45 pm Well, I thought I could but my pic files are too large. Trying to figure out how to condense.
Title: Re: Beverage-Air SF34 Cooler Post by: Rick_T88 on September 28, 2022, 07:51:55 pm I give up. The Help Section was worthless. I was hoping to post some pics so I could get help, but 300 KB max is too small. Nowhere does it help me shrink them. Thanks anyways all.
Title: Re: Beverage-Air SF34 Cooler Post by: TheDave on September 29, 2022, 06:18:29 am Try this link. https://www.simpleimageresizer.com/
Title: Re: Beverage-Air SF34 Cooler Post by: Rick_T88 on September 29, 2022, 07:36:46 am Thanks Dave.
Title: Re: Beverage-Air SF34 Cooler Post by: Rick_T88 on September 29, 2022, 07:40:35 am Here are a few pics. So far both the condenser fan and the recirc fan come on. I can feel the compressor get hot and vibrate. But there is no R12 freon in the system. would like to find a kit to convert to 134a.
Title: Re: Beverage-Air SF34 Cooler Post by: johnieG on September 29, 2022, 04:47:35 pm Welcome to the discussions board, it looks like a fun little project...well, getting it converted to R134A is the least of your worries, if it's out of freon there's a leak to be fixed first, just dumping gas into a leaking system is a waste of time & money, if you don't think you can find the leak & repair it first then it's time to get someone to lend you a hand with that part, fix it first THEN convert it to R134a if you're in S.E. Michigan I could lend a hand.
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