This is the funny thing. Looking on craigslist when I found it and went to pick it up for $25. Boy tells me that his grandfather used it as a Kegerator back in the day, gave it to his dad and they had it growing up as long as he can remember!! Cant see why someone would let something like that go that had been in the family?!
That looks really sharp! I know from looking at photos online that a lot of the older Hotpoints had a "freezer" built into them like many college dorm fridges uses today. Any chance yours had that? If so, is it something that can be easily removed? I think a vintage fridge like this would look great to hold my conical fermenter but would would need more height than a carboy or a 5 gallon corny keg.
I guy a buddy that works with gas and he told me u are by far better off to have the tank outside of the fridge. He said u actually get more out of your tank.
Not to rain on your parade but be careful with these old refrigerators. You might have a heart attack when you see your electric bill next month...
(Old refrigerators can run up to 3000 kWh. I barely use that in my whole house in the dead of winter.)
You have no idea how often I have to correct people on that. Inevitably, someone will see a post about my kegerator and feel the need to 'inform' me about the inefficiency of it. One of the first things I did after picking mine up was to connect it to a kill-a-watt. It draws ~170 watts when the compressor is running. There's some more info on here.
Citation required!:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/appliances/database/historical_excel_files/Refrigeration/
Now you show me yours...
But out of curiosity, don't older fridges produce/use some pretty nasty chemicals.
Sorry but I must disagree here, the amount of gas in the tank is the same irregardless of temperture, inside or outside the keezer the tank will last the same and carb the same amount of beer at the same carb level of course.
The colder the tank, the less the tank pressure will be, but the amount of gas doesn't change. Sorry again, but I wouldn't want anyone to think that there CO2 will last longer stored outside the fridge. Cheers!
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