DIY Refrigeration

[BrewCurious]

You should be able to braze the crack.. but Abearden is correct you will have to know someone with access to coolant to recharge the system for you.

however if you wanted to strip something working and put it into this non working device that could make a nifty project as well.

I actually have a little dorm fridge that I was considering cannibalizing for just that purpose... just not sure that you could do it without cutting up the coils to get the evaporator coils onto the back, putting you back in a position to need someone to come in and recharge.

Suppose that the difference in size would let you put some insulation around the "outside" coils and vent them with an additional fan or something.

Seems like something that would have some audience if you could provide some kind of "quick-connect" type coil for retrofitting into existing fridge units. Something that wouldn't require brazing/soldering, that could then be purged/charged on a current-gen compressor by a professional for a fraction of the cost. And therein lies the challenge.