Samsung Side by Side

[mitcherl]

Hi Everyone,

I have a Samsung Side by Side RSG257AAWP that I am wanting to turn into a kegerator. I am wanting to put it in my garage and, in a perfect world, punch it through the wall and have the tap on my wall/bar area. My concerns are these:

1. Can I drill into the side of this fridge to run the tube through the wall so I can have easy access to the inside of the fridge
2. Does the 2-3 foot of tubing effect the beer running to the tap if it is not cooled? i.e. tube outside of the fridge in the garage with beer in it when not in use
3. Would it be easier to just run this through out the front of the fridge?
4. Should I suck it up and go to the garage every time someone wants a beer?

Thanks for your help.

 

[bkboiler]

1. Not a good idea, but if u have a FLIR thermal imaging gun you MAY be able to visualize the coil locations and drill around them...that being said, its a somewhat brittle material (in a relative sense) so disturbing the piping could cause cracks and leaks.
2. In general yes. In practice, some insulation may resolve your concern. However if foaming is a problem due to the temperature of your garage you'll want to cool the line. That is commonly accomplished with an outer trunk line (perhaps PVC) some insulation between the outer wall and your beer line (could be spray foam or just the kind of premade foam like HVAC contractors use to wrap hot water copper or the coolant line from your AC). my thought would be to wrap 1/4" flex copper as tight as you can around your beer line and insulate around that...connect the copper to a pond pump in some glycol in a vessel in your fridge. Plug the pond pump into the same inkbird as the fridge is plugged into...
3. yes, much easier
4. No, make them get their own beer... ; )
and have them get you one while they're at it

 

[day_trippr]

Recent vintage Samsung units are getting as complicated as cars. I had to pay $15 for the factory service manual for mine to find how to use the self-diagnostic abilities to figure out which half of an icemaking system was broken.

Anyway, that model has its fan-driven condenser under the base, so it doesn't use the skin as a radiator. A good start

https://www.partselect.com/Models/RSG257AAWP/MFGModelNumber/XAA/
And the evaporator is down low in the freezer compartment, minimizing tubing runs. But there is an icemaker so there's cold side tubing looped up there and back down along with control/sensor wiring. Lots of stuff to be careful not to hit, including plenums under the back liner...

Cheers!