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I just tore apart an old Whirlpool upright freezer. Inside (where the food is stored), there was one section of the back covered with a sheet of Al. I pulled it off, and this was underneath:
It's non magnetic, and white gold colored, so I assume brass. Even the clips and screws in it all are NF. Only took a couple minutes to get out. Definitely something to look for if you're taking one of these freezers in as shred.
Last edited by TMoney; 06-10-2013 at 11:20 PM. Reason: Photo
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cool! actually looks more like aluminum color in parts of the picture. Did you run a file across it, make a deep groove into the metal?
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Cut thru the tubes i think its copper not brass simmiler to a ice machine tray most think its brass but most are copper
1956 probably has it right, tinned copper coil. I think it was in the early sixties that the Al/Cu coil was first brought into mainstream production. I"ve done a lot of air handler tear-outs of equipment built prior to the sixties and have found a lot of steam and cooling coils made of all tinned copper. Great money!
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Another clue,is it heavy if that was brass it would pretty heavy,i belive its copper!!
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Either way its a nice hunk of metal...good find.
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Thanks for posting ,nice score.
All the evaporator coils I've found in whirlpool products that look like that were aluminum. The goldish color comes from years of heat cycling.
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I feel so stupid lol. Thanks for the reminder to scratch the surface Bear.
It was so easy to score the metal and see that it's just aluminum, but I got carried away by the color. Thanks for explaining the cause of the gold coloring FreonJoe.
One question: The outermost tube has a white powder packed in it. Should this still go as clean Al?
I haven't had any problems with the yard I deal with as far as turning it in like that as clean aluminum radiators but you might want to check with your yard first to make sure.
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