True T49 commercial refrigerator

Guy stopped by my place a few months ago and asked if I would be interested in a commercial food service refrigerator. It belonged to a church that he did maintanence work for. He said they would like a donation for it, and suggested $40. I wrote them a check for $75. They purchased a new one after they were informed this one would need a new compressor. Being 11 years old they just decided not to spend $500 to fix it. I honestly didn't know much about them but figured I could sell it outright for well above scrap value. I've seen similar ones sell on ebay, needing a compressor, for $300+. And that's what I was going to do. But after seeing it sitting in my shop for months I've thought maybe it would be worth repairing to sell.

Anyone run across something like this? Part of me thinks, get what you can the way it sits. Then I see ones sell for well over a grand that don't look this good. One way or the other this 50cf, 500lb beast needs to move...it takes up a ton of space.

I get some big units on occasion but the requirement is that they be evacuated of freon before being released to me so I'm never quite sure what the issue is and don't have the space to store them. If I can't find a local restaurant equipment company that wants it I go after the easy parts like shelves and their supports, hinges and handles, then off to the crusher.

01GTB:
I recently was given a commercial grade "Fudge Machine" Before it met its demise I called and called, googled me buns off. But to get to the end result. I was given the name of a local restaurant equipment company. These places sold everything restaurant related. Grills, freezers, trays, warmers, ovens etc.. You name it they stocked it- and it was all used equipment. I ended up selling a broken (motor seized) "fudge kettle" for $200 bucks. I got far more than scrap value off of it.. and I figured $200 off a freebie was a pretty good day! I'm certain your fridge would fetch far more!

You can read the whole thread here if interested. Good luck with whatever you decide.
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/day-l...e-machine.html

I would foe certainly get it looked at by someone who you can trust. I still do a little hvacr and been called a few time on a compressor replacement and found it to be a switch or overload. I'm just to honest to hose anyone. so have it checked outed out. just my 2 cents

Originally Posted by tski72

I would foe certainly get it looked at by someone who you can trust. I still do a little hvacr and been called a few time on a compressor replacement and found it to be a switch or overload. I'm just to honest to hose anyone. so have it checked outed out. just my 2 cents

The list of stupid things goes on and on. If it's low on freon it won't start, if the capacitor is bad, if the fan is bad it won't run (over heat and shut off), if the relay is bad, if the thermostat is bad, any one of a number of wires could have got "pinched" and shorted against the metal, a wire could be broken, the blade connectors at the compressor could be bad, the compress could just be stuck (you just wack it on the top right or left with a hammer), voltage could be irregular, the compressor could need a hard start, and I'm just getting started. These are all simple things you can check yourself.

Bust out a multi meter...........

Make sure you have power at the compressor,

Then ohm your compressor



It's a very simple place to start.