"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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"Longkeel35" wrote in message
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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.

Do you have a license to handle, (or even have in your posession) the
refrigerant? I could turn your ass in, and share in the fine (minimum of
$15,000) that you will have to pay. I could use that extra money since the
bills for Christmas are starting to come in.


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

You, too! And you've probably created an extra leak with your cheap-ass
adapter. What-in-the-HELL is wrong with getting things done correctly?

"Ekal Byar" wrote in message
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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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"Longkeel35" wrote in message
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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.

Do you have a license to handle, (or even have in your posession) the
refrigerant? I could turn your ass in, and share in the fine (minimum of
$15,000) that you will have to pay. I could use that extra money since
the bills for Christmas are starting to come in.


One needs no licence to purchase and use R34 refigerant. It's available in
most any auto parts store and Wal Mart and K Mart. R34 is considered safe
and doesn't harm the ozone layer. In lieu of R34 I have recently learned
that plain old propane works even better. I'm reluctant to try it as it's
explosive. Also I'm told that the propane molecule is much larger and leaks
less.




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

You, too! And you've probably created an extra leak with your cheap-ass
adapter. What-in-the-HELL is wrong with getting things done correctly?





No leak created with the adapter. As a matter of fact, I used R34 with leak
stop and it seems to have plugged the original leak from the inside out. As
for getting things done *correctly* I tried that and it failed. I paid for a
service call from a refrigeration company. They came out to the boat,
refilled the unit and checked it for leaks with their fancy and expensive
leak detector and gave it a clean bill of health. It lasted about a year. It
lasted about a year from the factory. It apparently came from the factory
with slow leak built in.

So to avoid another $275 dollar service call that accomplished nothing I
decided if I wanted it done right that I'd do it myself. The pressure gauge
cost me fifteen bucks. The adapter about the same. The individual cans of
refrigerant are about seven bucks at Wal Mart. For less than 40 bucks it
seems like I have the leak under control as well as the means to keep it
that way.

I hope this helps.

Wilbur Hubbard

On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:44:01 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

One needs no licence to purchase and use R34 refigerant. It's available in
most any auto parts store and Wal Mart and K Mart.

It's actually called R134a, the refrigerant used in most automotive
air conditioners. You still need a gauge set, fittings, can tap,
vacuum pump, leak detector and a modicum of knowledge to do the job
properly.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:44:01 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

One needs no licence to purchase and use R34 refigerant. It's available in
most any auto parts store and Wal Mart and K Mart.

It's actually called R134a, the refrigerant used in most automotive
air conditioners. You still need a gauge set, fittings, can tap,
vacuum pump, leak detector and a modicum of knowledge to do the job
properly.




That's the stuff.

Wilbur Hubbard

On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:13:43 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 10:44:01 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

One needs no licence to purchase and use R34 refigerant. It's available in
most any auto parts store and Wal Mart and K Mart.

It's actually called R134a, the refrigerant used in most automotive
air conditioners. You still need a gauge set, fittings, can tap,
vacuum pump, leak detector and a modicum of knowledge to do the job
properly.

I saw something interesting on one site. Apparently after all the
folderol about changing from R12 to R134a has died down the Europeans
are now considering mandating a change to (possibly) Carbon Dioxide.
Another possible is R152a.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

You, too! *And you've probably created an extra leak with your cheap-ass
adapter. *What-in-the-HELL is wrong with getting things done correctly?


Perhaps I should explain, I am an offshore yachtsman and spend long
periods in countries with no access to qualified fridge repair people
over the years out of necessity I have learned to service and repair
all onboard systems. I now have a new yacht with a fridge. I have been
reading up on refrigeration and was trying to increase my knowledge
before I pulled the system apart. I thought that was the purpose of
news groups. To those who gave assistance thanks for the help over the
past week or two I have learned alot about refrigeration and intend to
learn more. I often live where if you can't fix things yourself they
don't get fixed.