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Can I cut up an old Freezer?
Old Chest Freezer is in parents basement. It hasent been used in 25
years. It wonr fit back out the cellar stairs. Is it safe to cut it up with a recipricating saw?? Would there be anything inside I should worry about? TIA Steve |
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Would there be anything inside I should worry about?
If you hack into a well sealed system there will likely be refrigerant escaping. If you slice the box such that you don't contact any cooling components all you will find is insulation and sheet metal. Call your state EPA office if you want to learn the legal ins and outs of handling old Freon (or whatever) containing appliances. Might be that the cooling grids are pretty obvious in the bottom, in which case you could SawzAll off the half above them and lug the carcass to the curb. Good luck. Joe |
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steve wrote:
Old Chest Freezer is in parents basement. It hasent been used in 25 years. It wonr fit back out the cellar stairs. Is it safe to cut it up with a recipricating saw?? Would there be anything inside I should worry about? TIA Steve How the heck did it get down there? -- Joseph Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
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Why not just take it apart with a screw driver and wrench.
"steve" wrote in message ... Old Chest Freezer is in parents basement. It hasent been used in 25 years. It wonr fit back out the cellar stairs. Is it safe to cut it up with a recipricating saw?? Would there be anything inside I should worry about? TIA Steve |
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"Art" wrote in message link.net... Why not just take it apart with a screw driver and wrench. Probably because most of it is welded and not so easily disassembled. Some parts can be removed though. If the refrigerant has already leaked out, it is not a problem. If it still contains some, it must be recaptured by a licensed refrigeration technician. Overall, it is easily cut up with a Sawzall. It is a metal shell, some tubing, insulation. |
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On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:30:17 -0800, steve
wrote: Old Chest Freezer is in parents basement. It hasent been used in 25 years. It wonr fit back out the cellar stairs. Is it safe to cut it up with a recipricating saw?? Would there be anything inside I should worry about? TIA Steve Steve, Let me know where you live. I'll bring you a new sawzalll. You can even have it when you're done. I'll bring lunch. I'll even haul it all away after you finish cutting it up. Dinner is on me too. I only ask one thing. Let me film you doing it. Id like to make a "book" about it. Deal? :-) Bubba |
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"steve" wrote in message ... Old Chest Freezer is in parents basement. It hasent been used in 25 years. It wonr fit back out the cellar stairs. Is it safe to cut it up with a recipricating saw?? Would there be anything inside I should worry about? Possibly asbestos in the insulation? Kevin TIA Steve |
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If it hasn't been used in 25 yrs, then how old is it??
I'd worry about 2 things. (ie asbestos insulation and lethal refrigerent). Old refrigeration systems had a refrigerent used before Freon that could be lethal. (I think it was ammonia based.) Would it go back upstairs by removing the lid?? That might be the best solution. On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:30:17 -0800, steve wrote: Old Chest Freezer is in parents basement. It hasent been used in 25 years. It wonr fit back out the cellar stairs. Is it safe to cut it up with a recipricating saw?? Would there be anything inside I should worry about? TIA Steve |
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steve wrote:
Old Chest Freezer is in parents basement. It hasent been used in 25 years. It wonr fit back out the cellar stairs. Is it safe to cut it up with a recipricating saw?? Would there be anything inside I should worry about? TIA Steve No. A freezer that old will have Freon 12 in it, and you can't legally vent Freon 12 into the air. Just take the door off, and you should be able to take the freezer up the stairs. Bob |
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No. The one of these I participated in cutting it up, it had wiring, lots of aluminum (the inner bin). The freon had long since leaked out. -- Christopher A. Young Keep Jesus Christ in CHRISTmas www.lds.org www.mormons.com "steve" wrote in message ... Old Chest Freezer is in parents basement. It hasent been used in 25 years. It wonr fit back out the cellar stairs. Is it safe to cut it up with a recipricating saw?? Would there be anything inside I should worry about? TIA Steve |
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"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message ... steve wrote: Old Chest Freezer is in parents basement. It hasent been used in 25 years. It wonr fit back out the cellar stairs. Is it safe to cut it up with a recipricating saw?? Would there be anything inside I should worry about? TIA Steve How the heck did it get down there? -- Joseph Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math This is Turtle. You know the Grape fruit in the bottle trick. TURTLE |
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"Bubba" wrote in message news On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:30:17 -0800, steve wrote: Old Chest Freezer is in parents basement. It hasent been used in 25 years. It wonr fit back out the cellar stairs. Is it safe to cut it up with a recipricating saw?? Would there be anything inside I should worry about? TIA Steve Steve, Let me know where you live. I'll bring you a new sawzalll. You can even have it when you're done. I'll bring lunch. I'll even haul it all away after you finish cutting it up. Dinner is on me too. I only ask one thing. Let me film you doing it. Id like to make a "book" about it. Deal? :-) Bubba This is Turtle. You could get hit with Ade & A bedding by furnishing the sawsaw. Also there is over 10 Million in reward amounts that have been given out but not paid yet. You will have to get in line to hope to get paid. Now that $10K would come in handy for Christmas time next year. TURTLE |
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... Yes. No. The one of these I participated in cutting it up, it had wiring, lots of aluminum (the inner bin). The freon had long since leaked out. -- Christopher A. Young This is Turtle. Damn Stormy , Your Good by seeing the freon gone from the Computor monitor. I'm going to have to get me a better monitor to see the freon gone from it. TURTLE |
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"steve" wrote in message ... Old Chest Freezer is in parents basement. It hasent been used in 25 years. It wonr fit back out the cellar stairs. Is it safe to cut it up with a recipricating saw?? Would there be anything inside I should worry about? TIA Steve This is Turtle. davefr, hit it and woke me up here. Check the tag where the model number is and see what freon it has in it. It will state the type of refrigent it has on this tag. It can be Amonia, Freon 12 , freon 22 , or [ SO4 which will kill you in a heart beat ]. The one thing to look for to know if it has SO4 in it. The tubing lines will be stainless steel and all the welds of the tubing will a welded like a stick welding machine did it and will not be sweated joints like in copper fittings. Before you cut know that it don't have SO4 in it. If the SO4 hit the air it will make vapor like H2SO4 which will kill you if you breath the vapors. Now if it is in a basement with no vented area. You a goner in just a few seconds. READ THE TAG TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT SO4 IN IT. TURTLE |
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"TURTLE" wrote in message Before you cut know that it don't have SO4 in it. If the SO4 hit the air it will make vapor like H2SO4 which will kill you if you breath the vapors. Now if it is in a basement with no vented area. You a goner in just a few seconds. READ THE TAG TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT SO4 IN IT. TURTLE Isn't SO4 Ammonium Sulfide? Has SO4 ever been used as a refrigerant in consumer products? |
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I believe Turtle is referring to the very old sulfur Dioxide Refrigerant S02
Ammonium Sulfide (NH4)2S is also very deadly, but I don't think it was used as a refrigerant. Ammonia, NH3 was, and is also very potent poison. when I was a kid, many moons ago (over 50 years ago), I opened up a compressor system from a very old refrigerator or freezer case; it had a reciprocating compressor belt driven by a motor and had flare fittings. When I cracked the fitting open: Wow! I will NEVER forget that! I was able to re close the fitting and stop it. Man, that was the most stupid thing I ever did, but I was a kid. I agree with the majority he NO! remove everything possible without compromising the sealed system. Bob "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message ... "TURTLE" wrote in message Before you cut know that it don't have SO4 in it. If the SO4 hit the air it will make vapor like H2SO4 which will kill you if you breath the vapors. Now if it is in a basement with no vented area. You a goner in just a few seconds. READ THE TAG TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT SO4 IN IT. TURTLE Isn't SO4 Ammonium Sulfide? Has SO4 ever been used as a refrigerant in consumer products? |
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