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Pat Pixley
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« on: November 19, 2002, 11:14:52 pm » |
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Well I have been busy workig on my S&S and my Ideal 55B.
Well my slider is done and I have Johnie G to thank for this
I took his idea and ran with it. I took a compressor with a
evaporator unit(this was out of a vendo 63) and installed it
into my slider. the original condensor faced the front of the chest sence my donor platform was longer by 5 inchs
I turned the donor sideways and that took care of that part.
Know it was time to run the lines, I pulled all the old cooling
line that was around the tank and ran down to the old compressor out, and Drilled a hole in the bottom of the tank(from bottom to inside so there is no dimpling ) I used
a 1inch hole cutter and then drilled through the liner then I put the evaporator unit in the bottom of the tank and hooked every thing back up. I had a friend (owns a heating & cooling business)sweat the cooling line back . And it is back in business cooling again.
I will send photos of this soon .
thanks again John for letting me use your idea and running
with it.
Pat  '>
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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2002, 10:34:46 am » |
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Sounds good Pat. Am curious why you couldn't sweat the old cooling lines to the transplant compressor? Seems it would save a lot of storage space inside the pre-cool area, and save a lot of work, but I'm sure you thought of that first. 
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johnieG
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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2002, 01:18:22 pm » |
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The idea that Pat's working with is that you of course can attatch a new compressor deck to the original cooling lines, however when those lines (on a slider they are soldered to the outside wall of the tank, running vertically up and down in a sepentine fashion think of a couple of side-ways "S"'s, see below.) so if they have a leak (or in the case of my Idea 55 just plain bust loose) now you've got a job ahead of you, but mostly it's just an inefficient way of cooling the soda's (convection cooling, chills the wall of the tank, which chills the air, which in turn chills the soda's) so although you give up some pre-cool area the size of a sixpack, you get a nice stream of cold air dirrectly chilling the soda's, they only thing to watch out for is using a evap. coil that's too big for the cabinet size, or a fan thats got to much CFM overchilling the cabinet & short cycling the compressor, and of course provide a return air path from the pre cool area. It's allways been an Idea of mine to give it a try, and Pat's putting it to the test!
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Spoon-feeding Newbies since 2001...  Yeah..220,221 whatever it takes. Remember, all it needs is a shot of Freon! The Vendo V-83 is the '59 Edsel of the coke machine world. ;p Spray painting does NOT restore a compressor 11 is louder than 10... "Hope" is good, but it's not an action plan. |
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Pat Pixley
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2002, 04:24:14 pm » |
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Well John is right , the lines are soldered to the out side wall of the tank, and mine had a small crack at one of those points
were it was soldered. I did forget to say that there is a shelf
that set between the rack and the bottom of the tank
that was modify ,the front was cut out and the the back
I used a 2 1/2 inch hole cutter and cut out five holes. And yes
I did lose about six pack of space but it cools a lot better now.
Plus I repainted that compressor so it looks good when I show it to people.
Pat P.
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« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2002, 09:53:04 pm » |
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I've thought about doing that. I never cared for the temp of the sliders. The best I could ever get one cooled was about 38 degrees unless the bottle was resting against a frosted side. I like my longnecks slushy at the neck. I've been sitting on a restoration for two years now. I pulled the liner out to get at some dimples in the embossing. I honestly have to say that it is as good as any I have seen before! (Metalwork & Finish) Now it just sits in my garage. I have to clean all the black goo off the lines and solder them back to the liner. The compressor and lines have sat around for 2 years so I might as well start with new but I think I'll clean the lines.....but how? This is going to cost me some major pain!!!
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Pat Pixley
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« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2002, 08:34:28 pm » |
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Well I will tell you Audiobeer this is the Cats meow
my long necks are good and cold ,And nothing is better
that a ice cold MGD and for the daughter ice cold Orange
crush . Yes this is the way to go.
Thanks again to Johnie G for this great idea.
Pat P.
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audiobeer
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« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2002, 10:37:55 pm » |
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If it all works out let us know what size compessor you used and if it cycles properly. Thanks!!!
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Pat Pixley
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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2002, 08:16:50 am » |
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Audiobeer, This 1/2 Hp and it cycles just fine.
Pat P. '>
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johnieG
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« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2002, 11:21:02 am » |
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So where are the pictures you promised hmmm? '>
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Pat Pixley
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« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2002, 03:40:15 pm » |
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Well Johnie I have 24 photos left on my Camera then
a new scaner at the new year And I will drop photos
of this.But till then you will have to take my word.
Pat P. '>
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