Fridge "reclamation" project (pic heavy)

Building drawers for it is defiantly doable

Another really cool thing to do would be to replace the inside (Insert) of the door with a sheet of Spanish Cedar instead of putting back the door insert. That way the inside of the door would not get in the way of the drawers and it would add major "cool factor" to the unit. Since you got it torn apart already I would consider it. Let me know the measurements and I can get you a price. If you really want to trick the thing out, send me the door, I will gut the door insulation, reline it with ridged Styrofoam and then line it with cedar and build mini trays inside the door

Chas

[kgoings]

What are you going to do about the freezer? Are you going to remove that element and just use the fridge part?

[BigAsh]

Originally Posted by ChasDen

Building drawers for it is defiantly doable

Another really cool thing to do would be to replace the inside (Insert) of the door with a sheet of Spanish Cedar instead of putting back the door insert. That way the inside of the door would not get in the way of the drawers and it would add major "cool factor" to the unit. Since you got it torn apart already I would consider it. Let me know the measurements and I can get you a price. If you really want to trick the thing out, send me the door, I will gut the door insulation, reline it with ridged Styrofoam and then line it with cedar and build mini trays inside the door

Chas

Chuck....you are an evil man.....but I like it! .....
I'll get the measurements and we'll talk.....

Originally Posted by kgoings

What are you going to do about the freezer? Are you going to remove that element and just use the fridge part?

I think the Johnson controller will take care of that....externally set the temp to 65-70.....freezer should never come into play....I think anyway....anyone with experience in this?

[shilala]

Originally Posted by BigAsh

I think the Johnson controller will take care of that....externally set the temp to 65-70.....freezer should never come into play....I think anyway....anyone with experience in this?

Yes, it will certainly come into play, it's your evaporator. It's the part that makes the cold.
Every time the compressor comes on it will get cold and all the water vapor in your fridge will condense on it.
You'll need to arrange some fans to dry the inside and outside of the evaporator (freezer) or it will drip all over your stuff.
You could insulate the outside of the evaporator very carefully and just put fans on the inside and that should work. Depends where the coils lie in the evaporator.
You really couldn't have picked a worse kind of fridge to make workable.

[BigAsh]

Originally Posted by shilala

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You really couldn't have picked a worse kind of fridge to make workable.

.....are you dressed in black, with a hood, holding a sickle?
Just workin with what I got bro'.....now you gotta rig something up for me

[shilala]

Originally Posted by BigAsh

.....are you dressed in black, with a hood, holding a sickle?
Just workin with what I got bro'.....now you gotta rig something up for me

I could figure something out if I could see the evaporator configuration.
A drip pan under the whole thing would work, but you couldn't put anything in it.
If just the top and bottom have the coils in them, the freezer could be cut down and made smaller.
You got me stumped and I design refrigeration for a living.

Is the "metal freezer body" part of the unit or just a box?

Can it be removed to just expose the coils you talk of?

If so why not just make a small pan to collect the water and drain it out the back into say a gallon jug?

It could be sealed so no air exchange takes place from inside to out and could be emptied as it fills up.

How much condensation are we talking here, a gallon a day, a week a month?

Chas