This is true. I build golf clubs as a hobby and you can melt epoxy with a heat gun. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Refrigerator Problem
Caution: Many of the parts will be plastic, very sensitive to heat and there may be heat sensitive heater and sensor wire insulation. Those heat guns can generate hundreds of degrees. The plastics are particularly sensitive. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:35 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Refrigerator Problem I have a super heat gun that does wonders defrosting. Until a few years ago I had an upright freezer that meant self defrost. Do it yourself. I bought a heat gun at Home Depot for things in the shop, and found it would melt ice in a big hurry. ----- Original Message ----- From: Max Robinson To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Refrigerator Problem Also Donnie, don't forget that the evaporator coil could be iced up. This happened to one we had a couple of refrigerators ago. There was an ice build up next to the coil in an area that didn't get any air circulation from the fan. Over time it kept building up and building up and eventually there was so much ice in there that the defrost heater couldn't get the coil hot enough to melt the ice that was on the coil its self. I found this out after taking it apart. The only cure was to shut it down for about a day to let all the ice melt. About a year later we had to do that again and Sue decided it was time to get a new fridge. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Refrigerator Problem > You can always try the obvious tricks like running a vacuum cleaner across > the coils if they are exposed. Clean under and behind the grill to get > rid of any dog hair, cob webs and so on. > > Usually if a fridge is running almost nonstop and it still isn't cooling > down it's a bad sign. It is losing Freon usually through the compressor. > You can replace a compressor, but that is a pretty expensive item. And > most people don't have the tools required. First you have to be able to > solder the new compressor back in the system. Then you have to have > access to a vacuum pump to evacuate the system. It will need to run in > the area of 45 minutes minimum to get rid of any moisture that may have > found its way in. And that will happen just from humidity alone. But > more so, because you will have to let the existing Freon out. That will > create condensation in the tubes. > > If you can do all that, and have access to refrigeration gauges to refill > the system, then it might be worth a try. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donnie Parrett > To: Handy Man Blind > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:18 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Refrigerator Problem > > > We have a refrigerator that has a two foot by three foot freezer on top. > We have had it for about > 22 years. The refrigerator and the freezer are not getting as cold as > they used too. Also, it > seems to be running non stop. Is there something that we can do to remedy > the problem? Or, is it > just time for us to go ahead and replace it? This is the first problem > that we have had out of it > in 22 years. > > Contact me at: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, KY 40402 > Home # 606-364-3321 > Cell # 606-438-2557 > Church # 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the > following address for more information: > http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! 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