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- Wasque 32, Shelter Island 38
I saved my pennies to convert my icebox to a fridge (I'm tired of hauling ice bags). Bought an ice box conversion kit and installed it myself.... drill a hole, runs some lines, wire it up, pretty easy.
I fire the thing up and return the next day, the evaporation plate is only 52 degrees! WTF? My beer is all warm. Hose connections are all good, compressor running.
Pull out the AC gauges, and there is only a low pressure port? Low pressure port's reading is real low (-10mmHg running, 15 PSI off). I fill it up per instructions to 15 PSI while running with R12 and BAM evap plate freezes in 3 min.
Now my question is, with only a low pressure port, how can I tell if there is a restriction, vs low refridgerant? I'm assuming low refridgerant given it's now working well and positive pressure on the "low" side.
Also, why did they ship this "precharged" kit with virtually no collant? Buyer beware.
Thanks for letting me vent, I feel better!
I fire the thing up and return the next day, the evaporation plate is only 52 degrees! WTF? My beer is all warm. Hose connections are all good, compressor running.
Pull out the AC gauges, and there is only a low pressure port? Low pressure port's reading is real low (-10mmHg running, 15 PSI off). I fill it up per instructions to 15 PSI while running with R12 and BAM evap plate freezes in 3 min.
Now my question is, with only a low pressure port, how can I tell if there is a restriction, vs low refridgerant? I'm assuming low refridgerant given it's now working well and positive pressure on the "low" side.
Also, why did they ship this "precharged" kit with virtually no collant? Buyer beware.
Thanks for letting me vent, I feel better!