[AT] OT, one of those days, a Monday

[Cecil Bearden]

Well after making some more adjustments on the refrig thermostat and the 
freezer vane, the freezer is at -10 and the refrig is at 28 !!    I 
would like the rfrig to be at 34-36 and the freezer at 0 if possible.
Cecil

On 5/20/2020 8:08 AM, Phil Auten wrote:
> I recently had to replace my refigerator. I had a side by side unit 
> that was way too big for just me. I found a simple freezer on top 
> model at Lowe's and they delivered and set it up and took away the old 
> one. I'm a happy camper.
>
> Phil in TX
>
>
>
> On 5/19/2020 3:44 PM, szabelski at wildblue.net wrote:
>> Cecil,
>>
>> If the freezer compartment appears to be working, but the 
>> refrigerator compartment is not, that’s usually a sign that the 
>> evaporator fan has issues. It sounds like you have the fan running, 
>> but maybe there’s something that’s not letting it cool down the 
>> refrigerator compartment enough, like some insulation blocking air 
>> flow, or a dust build.
>>
>> Those 35 year old refrigerators aren’t very good on energy 
>> conservation, so a new one may actually save you money in the long 
>> run. Unfortunately it’s hard to find one that doesn’t have ice and 
>> water dispensers, and aren’t wi-fi connected. But maybe you’ll 
>> appreciate running a water line, changing out filters, and having it 
>> send you reminders that you’re low on eggs, milk and butter, and that 
>> the lettuce is wilted and needs to be tossed out.
>>
>> My wife is not looking forward to replacing our refrigerator in the 
>> future since she doesn’t want any of those bells and whistles. The 
>> last one we purchased took a while to find since we didn’t want water 
>> and ice dispensers. It’s a little bigger than what we need, but we 
>> didn’t want to pay for all the things we didn’t want.
>>
>> Carl
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
>> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> Sent: Tue, 19 May 2020 10:21:34 -0400 (EDT)
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT, one of those days, a Monday
>>
>> Yesterday started out like any other day.  Wife went to get necessities,
>> and I was working on cattle chutes to move some of the 60 head too many
>> we have here.  While moving the panels around and getting the others
>> that needed to be welded, the A/C on the New Holland money pit quit.
>> Then I noticed the red battery light on the dash.  That meant the fan
>> belt had broke again.  This one had only 3 hours on it.  A new pulley
>> was installed at that time. the old one lasted about 14 hours after I
>> replaced the water pump.  Serpentine belt, not my favorite.. Then
>> Cowboy the wonder dog had to find a skunk and then forgot that he had an
>> experience with these stinky things 4 years ago.  This one was only 40
>> ft from where i had the New Holland under a shade tree to work on. When
>> I investigated the fan belt I found the idler pulley I replaced was
>> looser than the old one. Replacement was plastic, the old one was
>> steel.  Called Dealership and found that all replacements were plastic.
>> Decided to replace tensioner and all idlers.  Got on internet and found
>> a listing on Dayco idlers by size.  Found a number then crossed it over
>> to Napa number and called my small town NAPA, they had it and the belt,
>> the dealership had the tensioner.
>>
>> Got a big bottle of Dawn and gave Cowboy the wonder dog a bath and then
>> sprayed with a mixture of peroxide and some odor stuff for dogs.  He is
>> tolerable now.
>>
>> My wife returned from shopping and then advised me that the refrigerator
>> had quit working.    We moved everything that could be moved into a
>> freezer and then re-adjusted things into another refrigerator and ice
>> chest.   Could not find dry ice locally.   I opened up the evaporator on
>> the freezer and found it was iced over.  thawed everything out and the
>> fan would not run.   Checked with voltmeter and for some reason power
>> would not get to the fan.  Googled everything and checked again. Ice in
>> the cols had moved the metal rib on the defroster heater  to short out
>> the wires on the end.   It was not either the defroster thermostat or
>> the timer.  I took off the lower section in the refrigerator and still
>> could not find the timer.  I gave up at midnight and decided to find
>> another refrigerator this morning.  7am this morning the fan is running
>> and the freezer is cold, but the fridge is only 50deg.  I moved the
>> thermostat tube around and am waiting on it to cool down some more.
>> Not sure to trust it or not.  It is only 35 years old..........
>>
>> The New Holland has to have the radiator removed to replace all the belt
>> idlers.  I did this last month when I replaced the water pump, but had
>> the loader off at the time.  This time the loader is on it. Loads of
>> fun!!!!
>>
>> Cecil
>>
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