What's the deal with refrigerator compressors? They seem to cease up quickly.
I got them for free since people throw away their refrigerator sometimes. As long as you use them once or twice a week, they are fine. However, once
you leave them sitting for 2 weeks, they cease up. Are they designed to run in the oil and CFC (RFC?)?
This is the 3rd one that bit the dust.
[Edited on 7-6-2012 by vmelkon]hissingnoise - 7-6-2012 at 14:31
They shouldn't seize up if none of the cooling oil is removed!vmelkon - 8-6-2012 at 17:32
That's obvious but while operating the compressor, it shoots out some of the oil but I assume that some of it still stays in it.
Is there any way to open it and fix it?BromicAcid - 8-6-2012 at 17:42
None of peach's videos seem to work for me, they all say that they were removed by the user. Is anyone else getting this?vmelkon - 9-6-2012 at 06:01
Thanks for the link, BromicAcid, but unfortunately, the videos have been deleted by the user = peach. I'm not even sure how to check his channel since
Youtube is not showing his name.
I'm not really a fan of massive threads like that. 7 pages!
Page 6 has some interesting videos.Eliteforum - 9-6-2012 at 07:17
while operating the compressor, it shoots out some of the oil but I assume that some of it still stays in it.
Why would you assume that?
If it's spitting lubricating oil, it will eventually run out. The easiest solution is a riser on the exhaust so that the spatter will hit the wall of
the riser and flow back down. Screw on a sintered metal filter to the top of the riser to capture any airborne aerosol.RonPaul2012 - 10-6-2012 at 16:41
My pump seized up once or twice and I just banged it against the concrete and it started up again.
