Anybody know anything about freezers?

[Phoenix15]

A neighbor recently gave me a chest freezer. It had notbeen used in several years, and she just wanted to get it out of her way. I plugged it up last night and it SEEMS to be working. The lght comes on and you can hear a slight hum from the motor. Only problem is, it's not getting cold. I put a glass of water in there to see if it froze overnight and it didn't. I have no clue as to what to do now. The freezer is a Keenmore if that matters.

Anyone have any suggestions/ thoughts? Any input would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Jason

 

[pyonir]

It is probably out of freon.

 

[Phoenix15]

Can it be refilled?

 

[pyonir]

Not sure how that works now, since freon isn't made any more. I think they convert them to puron or something....i don't know anything about that. sorry.

 

[yoda291]

it needs a recharge. any refrigeration/ac peddling store will be able to do it for you.

 

[NogginBoink]

Originally posted by: yoda291
it needs a recharge. any refrigeration/ac peddling store will be able to do it for you.

That, and have 'em find the leak while they're there.

And don't run it any more without freon in it. You'll burn up the compressor.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: NogginBoink

Originally posted by: yoda291
it needs a recharge. any refrigeration/ac peddling store will be able to do it for you.

That, and have 'em find the leak while they're there.

And don't run it any more without freon in it. You'll burn up the compressor.

You sure about the compressor part? They're usually sitting in a sealed puddle of lubricant; I don't see why pumping air or freon would matter.

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: NogginBoink

Originally posted by: yoda291
it needs a recharge. any refrigeration/ac peddling store will be able to do it for you.

That, and have 'em find the leak while they're there.

And don't run it any more without freon in it. You'll burn up the compressor.

You sure about the compressor part? They're usually sitting in a sealed puddle of lubricant; I don't see why pumping air or freon would matter.

without the proper level of pressure in the system, the compressor can overheat.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: yoda291

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: NogginBoink

Originally posted by: yoda291
it needs a recharge. any refrigeration/ac peddling store will be able to do it for you.

That, and have 'em find the leak while they're there.

And don't run it any more without freon in it. You'll burn up the compressor.

You sure about the compressor part? They're usually sitting in a sealed puddle of lubricant; I don't see why pumping air or freon would matter.

without the proper level of pressure in the system, the compressor can overheat.

Also, the freon has oil in it that acts as a lubricant. If it has a leak it may have lost all or some of the oil.

 

[YingYang]

You need to make sure that the condenser portion of your freezer isn't dirty. Check the back or under your freezer and see if there is any lint or dirt that's built up. Also, how big is the freezer? you may have a bad condenser fanf.

 

[Jombo]

how old is the thing? the newer ones are self contained units and maybe cheaper just to replace the compressor. that is if the problem is the compressor. since breaking into a hermatically sealed compressor is a lot o work.
checking for leaks is a must, but if it's been sitting at your neighbors for a long time, maybe it all leaked out and that would make it hard for you to check the oil leaks huh?

if the condensors get warm it's working fine, if it's running really hot, then ying yang's suggestions would work. condensors act as heat removal in the cooling system and that's where the heat carried by freons and such is realeased to out side of the system. so if it's cold then chances are your gases are gone/not working or your compressor is bad.

but then i'm no expert. that's what i remember from a refrigeration class i took a few years back, but the teacher was such an idot that only other thing i remember from that class is checking for temps and airflow in the AC/Heat system. ^^