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Help with fridge
"Longkeel35" wrote in message
... my fridge has lost the gas, it is a danfoss Bd50F compressor that only seems to have one service port. Is this normal? My fridge troubleshooting book says there should be 2. Do I hook up just the suction hose of the manifold gauge to this? Also do I need a vacume pump to remove air or can I use the compressor to do this. Go to your local NAPA auto parts store and purchase an adapter that you can screw to the top Schrader valve equipped service port. You will need to remove the Schrader valve itself prior to installing this adapter. Do it quickly and you won't lose all the pressure and you won't have to do the vacuum pump trick. Once you have the adapter installed you can then use commercial R34 automobile air conditioner refills and hoses/gauge to recharge your fridge. Get one with a pressure gauge and pressurize the fridge only to the top of the yellow. Filling it to the green is too much pressure for the fridge and it won't work. I did this with mine because it seems to have developed a slow leak someplace. It lasts about a season before needing a recharge. But a recharge is simple and cheap with the adapter in place. Wilbur Hubbard |
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