I truly love your unique and interesting channel! Great work!

@davida1hiwaaynet

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Mark!

A very good condition CK35 was up for auction at Fontaine's in Pittsfield, MA in December. Estimate was $2000-3000. It didn't sell...probably because it was in a very large county house in Mount Kisco, NY which was to be gutted.

@davida1hiwaaynet

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, that is not surprising especially considering the overly optimistic price. It is honestly hard to sell or (even donate) these if you have any type of time constraint on the sale. Many are left behind after auctions and estate sales. There is a lot of effort and time needed to plan and execute transportation of something this big and heavy. People will pay thousands for a restored or refurbished one, with guarantee; or they will spend that sort of money to have one they already own refurbished. However, an unrestored example of a CK35 (in any condition) is going to fetch somewhere from $250 to $750 depending on location. In addition to that it will likely take time for it to sell even at the lowest price. These fill a niche market and as such finding a buyer takes time. I know this comment sounds negative or discouraging, but it is just a reality that all of us involved with these Monitor Tops face.

Love the piece of history of these antique fridge's

@davida1hiwaaynet

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I think this the first time I’ve seen the tool for the low side, nice! Also thought throw this in for those monitor tops with good paint jobs. Give Viper Wet Rag heat blocking putty a shot. It’s a malleable reusable ceramic putty that contains no silica. HVAC guys use it whenever they braze in components like driers, tubing and the like. -Alex

@davida1hiwaaynet

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I often do use an actual "wet rag" to minimize heat transfer. Then, use it to wipe away flux residue if I had to use that type flux. I have used Wet Rag putty and it works, but it just didn't seem to assist me that much in my narrow field of work on these smaller systems. It works very well but I just don't have that many highly heat sensitive parts to braze.

I looked up that Robinair charging tool and there are two different versions: a 12549 and the shorter 14476. I remember seeing a service port similar to that on something else but I can't remember what it was.

@davida1hiwaaynet

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I will look at the package mine came in and see which one it is. GE used these ports on many models, it seems. I'm not that familiar with which other makers may have used it. Maybe Kelvinator?

$10 million dollar antique refrigerator collection and a $6 manifold and hose set.. lol

@davida1hiwaaynet

5 ай бұрын

I'm old-school. Like the old manifold gauges. I do have a micron gauge which I use, but it's a stand-alone device.

@2packs4sure

5 ай бұрын

@@davida1hiwaaynet Hey man I was just kidding and I'm exactly the same,,, I keep stuff to the bitter end.. lol

@josh6715

5 ай бұрын

​@@davida1hiwaaynetI found I ages ago after watching the secret life of machines and one episode had said Fridge in the video I am not into fridges but love old school machines

Ah, S02, was wondering what was in that system. I was expecting ammonia. We picked up one of the little cheap refrigerators at sams club, pretty sure it is running propane/butane mixture in it. It gets REALLY cold 🙂

@davida1hiwaaynet

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! These were all SO2 units. They never used ammonia in any compressor-based home refrigerator. This is for a very good reason. Ammonia is incompatible with brass or copper alloys and would require use of steel tubing. It's pretty easy to tell visually. Any system with any copper tubing is 100% guaranteed not to be an ammonia system. The new fridges use R600A for smaller models, which is isobuane. Larger ones use R290 which is propane. They work very well, and should have a long life due to stable chemistry in the oil and refrigerant. The problem is that the systems using them are typically built very cheaply so we will never realize the benefit of the oil and refrigerant used in them.

@robjones8733

5 ай бұрын

@@davida1hiwaaynet thanks for the info! 🙂 the little fridge is 5 + years old...will make a study out of this to see how long it lasts 🙂

@davida1hiwaaynet

5 ай бұрын

@@robjones8733 The smaller and simpler ones last the longest, so it will probably go for quite a while!

@mikafoxx2717

22 күн бұрын

​@@davida1hiwaaynetAt least you can replace those kinds of refrigerants easily and cheaply. Considering how many people already run neutral gas to their houses, a hermetically sealed unit with propane doesn't seem all that bad unless your house is already well burning.. for a car though, probably not, those things like to leak thanks to vibration and belt drive pump and have an engine right there.