On May 15, 12:36*pm, "Mr Pounder"
wrote:
"Tabby" wrote in message

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On May 15, 10:26 am, wrote:

Hi all,

our Ariston FF stopped working suddenly (bought 2nd hand 3 years ago).
Sounds like something inside the compressor has broken as it's a lot
noisier than it used to be but zero cooling.
I assume there's little point in repairing it.

It depends. Its not too hard to swap over a compressor from an old
machine. Some machines of that age use fuel gas refrigerant, which
costs peanuts and is workable with.

Brazing equipment, brazing rod,

yup

recharging equipment, recharging valve, the

well...

correct refrigerant

£1 from the hardware store if its butane/propane, or if an old R12
machine that you can recharge with that (often you can)


specialised tools, the correct replacement compressor

or anything suitable. If you pick one with the same gas and similar
wattage you'll be ok. Some repair jobs become worth doing if you don't
get overly fussy. The specs will then shift a bit, you might find it
only maintains temps upto 27C isntead of 28C ambient.


NT