Home made refrigeration system

Nerdz · 15-November-06, 07:59 PM

Found this link (along with others)
Homemade Refrigeration System With Propane Refrigerant.

Im betting you can make the whole thing for about 30 Bucks. (Thats IF you can find a dead refrigerator around or an AC unit. for the compressor.) If you could make it for that much, it would be a better alternative to water cooling...The only problem is how would you get the compressor off the refrig. or ac unit?

Cpt.Planet · 15-November-06, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Nerdz


	Found this link (along with others) Homemade Refrigeration System With Propane Refrigerant. Im betting you can make the whole thing for about 30 Bucks. (Thats IF you can find a dead refrigerator around or an AC unit. for the compressor.) If you could make it for that much, it would be a better alternative to water cooling...The only problem is how would you get the compressor off the refrig. or ac unit?

Dumb. Take the guide down. That is totally wrong and its ****ing dumb. Noobs shouldnt be trying that **** without learning how it works properly and having all the proper tools.

Iateronmly · 15-November-06, 08:16 PM

Yah... I'll really SOLDER my copper tubes in a refrigeration system.

disturbed_pyro · 16-November-06, 04:52 PM

wow that seems like a complete waste of time.

s1ugh34d · 16-November-06, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Iateronmly


	Yah... I'll really SOLDER my copper tubes in a refrigeration system.

LMAO,

yea his isnt really a good idea, maybe for chilling, but for an sort of die cooling i wouldnt even bother, too much work and too little informatio on that sight

Slaymate · 16-November-06, 07:12 PM

Release the Cracken.

joecoin · 16-November-06, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Iateronmly


	Yah... I'll really SOLDER my copper tubes in a refrigeration system.

Uhhh, why not?

Cpt.Planet · 16-November-06, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by joecoin


	Uhhh, why not?

Yea. Lets put high pressure refrigerants into copper tubes that were soldered together and prolly not even tested.

Iateronmly · 16-November-06, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by joecoin


	Uhhh, why not?

Because soldering is filling - no bonding to the parent materials. You want to braze refrigeration system lines. It's kinda a small detail I know, but if you're going to write an article about refrigation, especially when talking about inflammable gasses, you don't want to write it out like a Jr. High school report. Anyways - propane isn't used in the US for a reason - it's a very inefficient refrigerant. Normally only used in European nations... the eastern ones.

s1ugh34d · 16-November-06, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Iateronmly


	Because soldering is filling - no bonding to the parent materials. You want to braze refrigeration system lines. It's kinda a small detail I know, but if you're going to write an article about refrigation, especially when talking about inflammable gasses, you don't want to write it out like a Jr. High school report. Anyways - propane isn't used in the US for a reason - it's a very inefficient refrigerant. Normally only used in European nations... the eastern ones.

Isnt freon the choice of american fridges and freezers?

Gzim · 16-November-06, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Cpt.Planet


	Yea. Lets put high pressure refrigerants into copper tubes that were soldered together and prolly not even tested.

No one tell this guy how dangerous, just tell him to keep a camera running 24/7 facing that monster, we can atleast profit a funny youtube video from his stupidity...

Iateronmly · 16-November-06, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by s1ugh34d


	Isnt freon the choice of american fridges and freezers?

Freon is like Kleenex - brand names that got so over used it's now viewed as just another name for refrigerants. Freon was the brand name for Dupont chemical's CFC based refrigerants. That said, most commonly refrigerant for refrigerators/freezers is R-134A due to it's low cost and it's almost as good as R-12. That's the gist.

P.S. I normally recharge freezers that origonally had R-134A and lost their charge with Hot Shot (R-414B). I find it generally works better and I don't have to change the oil in the system.

Digital-World · 16-November-06, 09:09 PM

DO NOT FOLLOW THIS GUIDE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! I MEAN IT...THAT IS VERY VERY VERY VERY DANGEROUS!!!
TRUST ME
I KNOW
Digi

disturbed_pyro · 16-November-06, 10:18 PM

What you mean we shouldn't build pressurized bombs waiting to explode because of faulty soldering/brazing? and then play with the pressure by controlling independant valves? Which so happens to be hand controlled.... so your guarenteed to be about (---------) that close when the thing goes boom...

Iateronmly · 16-November-06, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by disturbed_pyro


	What you mean we shouldn't build pressurized bombs waiting to explode because of faulty soldering/brazing? and then play with the pressure by controlling independant valves? Which so happens to be hand controlled.... so your guarenteed to be about (---------) that close when the thing goes boom...

I don't know - I adjust many of my machines by hand; example my skinning machine uses a frozen drum to freeze the skin to it for cutting with liquid cooling on the condensor. I just have my manifold set on it when I do it. I perfer valves over cap tubes for that reason - easy to adjust to peak perforance with varied temps/cooling.

But yah - rea

15-November-06, 07:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nerdz Sir Knight of Spamalot Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Water-hoe-Bury, CT Posts: 6,587	Home made refrigeration system Found this link (along with others) Homemade Refrigeration System With Propane Refrigerant. Im betting you can make the whole thing for about 30 Bucks. (Thats IF you can find a dead refrigerator around or an AC unit. for the compressor.) If you could make it for that much, it would be a better alternative to water cooling...The only problem is how would you get the compressor off the refrig. or ac unit? __________________ I still fold "No amount of Experimentation can Prove Me right, It only takes one to prove me Wrong"-Albert Einstein

15-November-06, 08:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Iateronmly Smooth Operator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Eugene OR Posts: 5,258	Re: Home made refrigeration system Yah... I'll really SOLDER my copper tubes in a refrigeration system. __________________ I'm the trouble starter, punkin' instigator.

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disturbed_pyro Apex Tech Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The middle of the Desert, in idaho Posts: 618	Re: Home made refrigeration system What you mean we shouldn't build pressurized bombs waiting to explode because of faulty soldering/brazing? and then play with the pressure by controlling independant valves? Which so happens to be hand controlled.... so your guarenteed to be about (---------) that close when the thing goes boom... __________________ Thanks to Jobi for the sig and avatar, your an incredible artist.