Which leads us back to my first question and your reply may suggest they do (get tired). ;-)
We have also turned ours up (as part of the experiment) and whilst the stuff in there is very cold now you can hear the compressor running most of the time.
Hmmm
All the best ..
T i m
Nope, the cooler panel at the back is completely free of any frost / ice etc?
Well, whilst there may be I'm still thinking it could be running out of puff and / or suffering an intermittent 'issue'.
I'm not sure that's going to be that easy Pete, unless I put a webcam in there or something?
Like I said at the beginning, it doesn't seem to be totally predictable but the problem is happening often enough now for it to be a pita. :-(
All the best ..
T i m
p.s. If we do decide enough is enough, could I use the old compressor pump as a cycle tyre inflator or something?
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember T i m saying something like:
You can, but they depend on the lube quality (oil content if any) of the circulating fluid to keep working and they eventually fail when used as air pumps. The do last a while, though. I suppose you could arrange a lube drip feed on the inlet (or just remember to manually do it) and an oil trap on the outlet.
What, and sit in front of the PC all day and night watching the inside of the fridge? ROFL!
LOL! NO! Buy a track pump.
And check there's enough ventilation round the back of the fridge and the condenser grille isn't too dusty (see also manual).
cheers, Pete.
No. ;-) (being serious though, you car record such stuff and I bet it could look quite interesting with time lapse).
I have a couple of compressors and various pumps so it's not a matter of having a pump Pete but making use of the compressor (waste not want not / d-i-y experimentation sorta thing). A mate has had such a unit in his cycle shop for many many years and it has provided quite and fast service (pumps a 26" MTB tyre up in seconds).
I had already checked the heat exchanger panel thing and it was pretty clean (considering) and the fridge had been in the same position for
18 years so I don't think any other factors had changed.We did have a manual 18 years ago but I'm not sure where it is now. ;-)
Anyway, we eventually bought a new fridge and the new one doesn't seem to be suffering the same problems so she's happy. ;-)
All the best ..
T i m
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