431neb
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So I have this ridiculous bar that needs a support crew of 40 odd freezers to make it run nicely. What I would like to do is insulate the cabinet below and attack one of my existing fridge/freezers for parts and utilise them to refrigerate the cabinet, thus doing away with two freezers that flank my bar (one to flood and cool the font and one for the kegs - yep 40 was an exaggeration). I just got a 700 dollar electricity bill so I'm pretty motivated.
Has anyone had a crack at a project like that? The insulation is no trouble but the fridgy stuff is a bit more complicated. I'm able to make a copper condenser if needed but I think I may need an aftermarket evaporator with a radiator and fan style arrangement… Anyway you can see I'm struggling a bit. The internet is awash with all sorts of air compressor ideas for fridge compressors but not much along the lines I want. There are marine kits available but I'm pretty good with my hands and I have millions of tools and access to an Air Con gas compressor/ vacuum pump thingy….
I saw one fella who made his own refrigerated travel esky on one of the caravan forums and I imagine what I need is quite similar but a little more advice would be great.
I'll post some pics of the space under the bar later. It's quite large and would easiliy accommodate 7 kegs and a 20 or 30 litre glycol reservoir for the font.
Has anyone had a crack at a project like that? The insulation is no trouble but the fridgy stuff is a bit more complicated. I'm able to make a copper condenser if needed but I think I may need an aftermarket evaporator with a radiator and fan style arrangement… Anyway you can see I'm struggling a bit. The internet is awash with all sorts of air compressor ideas for fridge compressors but not much along the lines I want. There are marine kits available but I'm pretty good with my hands and I have millions of tools and access to an Air Con gas compressor/ vacuum pump thingy….
I saw one fella who made his own refrigerated travel esky on one of the caravan forums and I imagine what I need is quite similar but a little more advice would be great.
I'll post some pics of the space under the bar later. It's quite large and would easiliy accommodate 7 kegs and a 20 or 30 litre glycol reservoir for the font.