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cure chamber ?

Postby mudflap620v » Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:04 am

In the process of bulding a chamber I cut a coolant line In two.Can I still use the frig for a chamber?
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Postby Dingo » Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:05 pm

Hi Mudflap620v...That depends on a couple of things.....If your plan was to use the fridge to de-humidify and regulate temps in the chamber then I would say no. If you are just using it as a vessel in which you have other means of humidity/temp control then yes.
What's you average ambient temp and RH at the chambers location?
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Postby mudflap620v » Sat Mar 08, 2014 2:07 am

I have a plug and play that you plug the fridge and the humidifier into and It controls temp/humidity.I'm In central California where the humidity Is pretty low and the average temp. Is maybe 55 In the winter and anywhere from 85 to 105 In the summer.
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Postby Dingo » Sat Mar 08, 2014 2:23 am

If you cut one of the refrigerant gas lines then the fridge will no longer cool, or de-humidify. If it is a clean cut you might be able to repair it and get it re-gassed?
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Postby mudflap620v » Sat Mar 08, 2014 3:30 pm

Thanks,I kinda figured I screwed It up when I hit that line I just wanted to make sure before I got rid of It.I think I'll just try to find another one and start over,being careful this time not to cut anything.Thanks again for the response.
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Postby Dingo » Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:37 pm

Just as a note...i've never cut into any of my curing cabinets. I look for a top freezer and just plug my hygrostat and temp controller in and go with it. Saves any of the risk. I can hang up to 24" generally.

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Postby wheels » Sun Mar 09, 2014 12:46 am

Just to clarify for us guys this side of the pond. Would this be what we call a chest freezer? The door's on the top, rather than the front?

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Postby Dingo » Sun Mar 09, 2014 1:43 am

wheels wrote:Just to clarify for us guys this side of the pond. Would this be what we call a chest freezer? The door's on the top, rather than the front?

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Nope...Just any cheap fridge/freezer combo that has the smaller freezer compartment on top and the fridge below. I just ignore the freezer bit and and use the fridge bit...no choppy choppy. In this rugby-less land,(sorry.. 6 nations is coming up) chest freezers are called Pit Freezers FYI.

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Postby DiggingDogFarm » Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:00 am

Dingo wrote:
wheels wrote:In this rugby-less land,(sorry.. 6 nations is coming up) chest freezers are called Pit Freezers FYI.


Well that's a new one for me....I've never heard them called a "pit freezer"....almost always "chest freezer" but sometimes old timers call them a "deep freeze."


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Postby wheels » Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:06 pm

Dingo wrote:
wheels wrote:Just to clarify for us guys this side of the pond. Would this be what we call a chest freezer? The door's on the top, rather than the front?

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Nope...Just any cheap fridge/freezer combo that has the smaller freezer compartment on top and the fridge below. I just ignore the freezer bit and and use the fridge bit...no choppy choppy. In this rugby-less land,(sorry.. 6 nations is coming up) chest freezers are called Pit Freezers FYI.

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Postby Dingo » Sun Mar 09, 2014 5:43 pm

Interesting...I guess it is a regional thing. I've heard it called chest and pit round here...mostly pit. Where I grew up in regional australia we called them deep freezers.
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Postby johngaltsmotor » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:41 pm

At least here in the midwest, all chest freezers are deep freezers but not all deep freezers are chest freezers.
It's called a chest freezer if the lid is on top (like a Hope Chest). Tall units the size of a refrigerator but entirely freezer are simply called (deep) freezers.
The Deep refers to non self-defrosting types which are typically used for long term storage, not the dimension from top to bottom.
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