laserghost
Well-Known Member
Picked up a ~10 cu ft freezer on craigslist from another brewer, and it came with a digital temp controller. He had it plugged in and cold when I looked at it. I bought it, even though it needed a serious cleanup the interior bottom was rusted through to the foam insulation in a few spots.
But, it was cold, and a fair deal with the controller. Plus it was 5 minutes from my house and he delivered since I don't have a truck.
In the garage, it sat, with the lid open for weeks while I sprayed rust converter, and applied truck bedliner, to stop the rust. Then, I painted and dropped in a new sheet of steel to reinforce the bottom and sprayed the whole interior white. Cleaned up the seals with bleach water to remove mold. Looks like new!
Last night I plugged it in for the first time at my house and it powers on, and I hear a quiet hum but it didn't get cold after a few hours. Turn the thermostat to zero and you hear the humming stop. Turn thermostat back to full blast and the hum comes back on, but left it overnight and it's not cooling down.
Any advice? I'm having really bad luck lately with this kind of thing. It's a Kenmore and maybe like 10 years old if I had to guess. I'll look at the model number tonight.
I've already sunk like $50 into the repair components alone, so I'd love to get it running. Wonder if something could have gotten jostled on the drive over? It was upright the whole time, and I didn't turn it on for several weeks after it was moved.
But, it was cold, and a fair deal with the controller. Plus it was 5 minutes from my house and he delivered since I don't have a truck.
In the garage, it sat, with the lid open for weeks while I sprayed rust converter, and applied truck bedliner, to stop the rust. Then, I painted and dropped in a new sheet of steel to reinforce the bottom and sprayed the whole interior white. Cleaned up the seals with bleach water to remove mold. Looks like new!
Last night I plugged it in for the first time at my house and it powers on, and I hear a quiet hum but it didn't get cold after a few hours. Turn the thermostat to zero and you hear the humming stop. Turn thermostat back to full blast and the hum comes back on, but left it overnight and it's not cooling down.
Any advice? I'm having really bad luck lately with this kind of thing. It's a Kenmore and maybe like 10 years old if I had to guess. I'll look at the model number tonight.
I've already sunk like $50 into the repair components alone, so I'd love to get it running. Wonder if something could have gotten jostled on the drive over? It was upright the whole time, and I didn't turn it on for several weeks after it was moved.