Cooling tubes on top of GE mini fridge with Freezer?

[hmmmbeer]

Not new to brewing but new to this brew forum, so far, love the site!

Here's my question, I've heard all about the Corn starch/alcohol trick to find the cooling tubes on top of a mini fridge. I have a GE mini fridge with the freezer on top that I bent the tube and relocated the freezer (worried but done without a hitch). I took the top off the fridge to do the Corn Starch trick but it was like a molded foam top... I scratched my head and figured the cooling tubes are in the back beind the cage. I looked up diagrams and it looks like I'm safe.

Heres the model number that I used in Google search: GE TAX4DNYBWH

Anyone have a second thought? I'm so close to having that amazing Kegerator but yet that far away! Just the thought of no bottling makes me smile!

 

[Walker]

my GE fridge had a diagram on the back of it (a sticker) showing the location of the lines. I never noticed it at first, but there it is.

Mine has a single line across the top, near the door. the rest of the top surface was open territory.

 

[heiman5]

mine had a sticker on it as well, line going across the front of the top but the rest is available for drilling! (like the front 1 inch)

I am pretty sure that the GE ones with freezer do not have any other lines on top whatsoever.

I have a question for you tho: I am going to bend my freezer down as well to fit in the kegs, how did you do this? any tips? I dont want to break that metal tube and junk my fridge

 

[Walker]

I have a question for you tho: I am going to bend my freezer down as well to fit in the kegs, how did you do this? any tips? I dont want to break that metal tube and junk my fridge

No tips from me. I lagged on converting mine to a kegerator because I was afraid I would ruin it.

I just drank a couple pints (to build courage, I guess) and bent it down... slowly, but steadily...

 

[heiman5]

how thick was your freon line? my seems pretty solid, i just dont know how im going to prevent it from kinking

 

[Walker]

how thick was your freon line? my seems pretty solid, i just dont know how im going to prevent it from kinking

It's pretty solid, and it LOOKS like it is kinked a little, but the fridge works fine.

 

[jgln]

It's pretty solid, and it LOOKS like it is kinked a little, but the fridge works fine.

I wonder how long it would have taken me to figure out what that is a picture of had I only seen the picture.

 

[heiman5]

mine looks almost exactly the same, guess ill just go for it tonight! may try a hair dryer on it for a while to get it a little more limber

 

[Walker]

mine looks almost exactly the same, guess ill just go for it tonight! may try a hair dryer on it for a while to get it a little more limber

Do whatever makes you feel better. LOL.

Mine literally sat in my garage for almost a year before I decided to just attack it. It was free (retired mother-in-law gave it to me) and I finally just decided that since I wasn't even using it for anything, breaking it and having to throw it away wasn't really going to cost me anything.

 

[ClaudiusB]

how thick was your freon line? my seems pretty solid, i just dont know how im going to prevent it from kinking

The line pictured is a line within a line, so don't overdue it.
The cabillary tube is inside the gas line.

Here is a high tech tool I used.

Cheers,
ClaudiusB

 

[heiman5]

yeah that is what i was planning on, going to try to make a nice arc to limit any sharp angles and use the entire length like you have done here

 

[hmmmbeer]

I have a question for you tho: I am going to bend my freezer down as well to fit in the kegs, how did you do this? any tips? I dont want to break that metal tube and junk my fridge

To be honest, I just went for it while the fridge was still cold and did it in one motion. Sometimes I think people over think things. However, I do like the idea of using something solid in the direction your bending it to help keep it from kinking and gives it something to roll onto.

 

[heiman5]

ended up just bending it by hand in about 2 minutes, seems to still work fine!

 

[Small_Batch]

Not new to brewing but new to this brew forum, so far, love the site!

Here's my question, I've heard all about the Corn starch/alcohol trick to find the cooling tubes on top of a mini fridge. I have a GE mini fridge with the freezer on top that I bent the tube and relocated the freezer (worried but done without a hitch). I took the top off the fridge to do the Corn Starch trick but it was like a molded foam top... I scratched my head and figured the cooling tubes are in the back beind the cage. I looked up diagrams and it looks like I'm safe.
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I don't think my fridge is the exact same model but I do believe it was a GE. Check out the link below to see how the condenser lines were ran in my fridge. Keep scrolling and you will see a picture of the schematic that came with the fridge describing how the condenser lines were ran.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/yet-another-fermentation-box-build-190922/