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Originally Posted by joeblack5
Not sure about the energy consumption of that round door.
Johan
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LOL, Some things are better left not known. Those units weren't known for energy efficiency, just never dying.
I actually just repaired an amana sxs fridge last week. It was given to me by a friend of mine, who bought it used from another friend doing a kitchen remodel.
It ran nonstop and would only cool to 50 or so. Pulled the condenser cover and it was plugged solid of dust and dirt. Cleaned it all out, ran it for 24 hours again, and it would still only cool to 50. Tapped the vapor line, recovered the refrigerant and, to my surprise, it wasn't low. Checked some more stuff and found the cap tube was partially plugged near the drier. Cut off a inch of the cap tube, replaced the drier with a sporlan unit, pulled a vacuum, and then leak checked with nitrogen. The check passed, so I bled the nitrogen, pulled a vacuum for 20 minutes, added an oz of oil/uv dye, and then charged it back up.
Fridge has been running great for a week, and I've got a fridge/freezer/icemaker in the garage for 20 bucks and an hour of time
I never would have thought to attempt doing that, if it wasn't for this thread, so thanks to all of ya