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Refrigerator Available [message #127181] Mon, 23 May 2011 16:43 Go to next message
hal kading is currently offline  hal kading   United States
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Anyone want a non-working, original 12v/120v swing motor frige? Located in sunny, dry, Las Cruces NM. Out of a 77 Kingsley.

Hal Kading 78 Buskirk Stretch Las Cruces NM
Re: Refrigerator Available [message #127187 is a reply to message #127181] Mon, 23 May 2011 17:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Related to that, is it repairable? Anybody?

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Re: Refrigerator Available [message #127211 is a reply to message #127187] Mon, 23 May 2011 21:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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ahamilto wrote on Mon, 23 May 2011 17:26

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Related to that, is it repairable? Anybody?


Perhaps - depends on what is wrong. Electric system before the compressor can be repaired or worked around. I have one with bad DC electronics that I plan to drive with an 12VDC to 120VAC inverter.


Steve Southworth
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Palmyra WI
Re: Refrigerator Available [message #127250 is a reply to message #127187] Mon, 23 May 2011 23:37 Go to previous message
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ahamilto wrote on Mon, 23 May 2011 15:26

PM sent.

Related to that, is it repairable? Anybody?


Most problems are related to things in the power supply or thermostat, and are fairly simple to modernize with just a 120 to 24 volt 4 to 5 amp transformer and more modern 12 to 120 volt inverter. (the compressor is a 24 volt 60 hz unit)

If the refrigeration side (compressor and refrigerant) has gone, little chance of making it good again. The swing motor compressors are not available any place I have looked, and I have done a fairly extensive web search for them.

Compressor failure is generally caused by either over voltage from a badly out of adjustment generator set (onan) or off frequency from the same generator. Neither is tolerated well by the Swing Motor compressor.

Hal: If no one else wants it, please contact me. I might have a home for it in NM at a friends off grid ranch, if it is only an electrical issue.




Rob Allen
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