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From: Dan Hall (no email)
Date: Mon Jul 04 2005 - 12:56:33 EDT
The fitting you are talking about is called a Schrader valve. It should look
somewhat like the air filling gizmo sticking out of your car's tires.
There is a tool with a pair of gauges on it designed to re-fill refrigerant
lines. It allows venting of the gas in the lines as the new freon goes in.
There are different refrigerants; find out what your unit is designed for.
If the unit is low on refrigerant there must be a reason why. Usually the
seals on the pump but sometimes a loose/broken hose or fitting will be
found. Don't bother refilling before you find out why, you'll just be
throwing good money after bad. Legally, if you need to replace the pump, you
are supposed to recover the refrigerant first so as not to cause a spill to
air.
Freon causes some people to think the world is warming up.
Dan
In the Trawler Market
----- Original Message -----
From: <>
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Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 5:31 AM
Subject: T&T: Norcold Recharging
>I noticed on my Norcold refridgerator/freezer that there's a fitting on the
>freon line that I would assume is for recharging. Can a do-it-yourselfer
>recharge this unit? If so, to what pressure, with which refridgerant, and
>(most importantly) how? I'm asking because I believe this unit never gets
>cold enough and is evident with water not freezing in the lower part of the
>freezer. This is the case even when running off of 12VDC so that the heat
>of the refridgerator's inverter is not adding to the heat near the unit.
> Gil
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