DIY Refrigeration

[ABearden]

Unfortunately, being Federally regulated (EPA) you won't find refrigeration kits for amateurs. I played with the same idea when I accidentally cracked a cooling coil while manually de-icing my old fridge. Should be possible to bend copper tubing from Home Depot into any shape you wish in the box, then run it to a condenser. As long as you include an appropriate valve when you braze the system together, and keep it clean, any refrigeration tech should be able to pull a vacuum on it then charge it. I know in CA it was hard to find someone who would charge it for you unless they worked on or built the system due to environmental laws, I don't know how difficult that would be here. Maybe setup the coil and the box, then have a tech install the condenser?