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Treeman · 2024-10-30T13:18:49Z

I have wanted a cold room from the first time I came home dead on my feet and still had 5 hrs of processing and carting to a butcher before they closed. I have wanted a cold room from first time I spent all of sunday night with alarm set for every 2 hrs to go outside and spray carport walls and floor with water because it was a 34 Celsius evening and we got back too late for the butcher.I have wanted a cold room since I was in the army and walked into the cold room and thought, "this makes sense". I have wanted a cold room each time I wanted to make biltong, but it was summer. I have always wanted a cold room. I have tried to get to one, looked at a few and then tried to figure where to put it, there is no useable space left on my property, like as in really no useable space. I have looked at the available cold rooms and they all just so big, like built for a business, small rooms, just too much cold room and not enough space. I have considered buying one and cutting it in half, but the work, and then, like R30 000 for room. I could not afford a 30 K thing that may go months not being used, and AND thats after cutting it in half and spending wotever $$$ rebuilding it and refitting the pumps, blowers etc. In short it was never gonna happen - that's why I built the mini cooler box's.Well today I heard of a cooler room again, and of course I looked into it, just wishful, if its cheap its gone already - if its correctly priced I can not afford it - besides I have no space.Kinda like "just fkt!"I looked and there, there was my cooler room, the one I always built for myself, if I were a rich man that is.Ey, yea, its older than envisioned, not as nice, but at 15K ;D 2.1 m long 2 m high and about 1 m wide - will fit between house and side wall and still allow access past to back yard.After measuring it appears 8 springbuck or 6 Impala or 3 kudu in halves will be a battle fit, but do-able in a emergency.The usual 3 warthog, 2 Impala easy.Best part is he just fitted a new condenser or something.cold by David Frank Allen, on FlickrThat thing at the back there, its new and we settled on R12 000 for the room.cold2 by David Frank Allen, on Flickr

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oafpatroll

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That refrigerant stuff, gas or what, fill it myself or what ?

I doubt you can as you need special fittings and probably couldn't easily buy it. Any refridgeration company could do it for you. If I had the room I'd do it once it was refurbed for peace of mind or if it wasn't easily maintaing temp. I have no need whatever for a cold room but Fr some twisted reason I have the jealousies.

Posted : 01/11/2024 10:25 am

Treeman

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What is this gauge ?
What does this do - how is it read, interpreted.
It seems to be between a pump and a canister.

20241102_124857 by David Frank Allen, on Flickr

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Posted : 02/11/2024 8:07 am

Ds J

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If memory serves correct, it measures the pressure in the gas unit (activated by heat/cold) to switch the pump/fan on and off.

Posted : 02/11/2024 9:20 am

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Dave, those are pressure controller gauges, yours being dual gauges. You can monitor your operating pressures so as for the pumps not to overwork. These will also indicate if there is some fault in your cooling system.
They can be set, but I have only ever used a technician to do so.

Note to self: Its time to learn the ability to set operating pressures, it cannot be too complicated.

Posted : 02/11/2024 10:13 am

Newton

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Dave, those are pressure controller gauges, yours being dual gauges.
You can monitor your operating pressures so as for the pumps not to overwork. These will also indicate if there is some fault in your cooling system.
They can be set, but I have only ever used a technician to do so.

How much pressure is in the refrigerant bottle ?
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In the corroded fittings ?

Posted : 02/11/2024 10:42 am

Treeman

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How much pressure is in the refrigerant bottle ?
and
In the corroded fittings ?

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Zoom in, looks like 40 PSI and like 300 otherside

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Posted : 02/11/2024 12:27 pm

Ds J

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Suggestion: please get a competent technician and pay him to do a thorough inspection of the whole unit. Then get another competent technician to affirm the findings of the first one.

Pay him some more to show you to how to adjust it, and please listen if he tells you not to adjust anything 😉 (I didn't listen and it almost cost a lot of money).

The systems change all the time; if it is old or not well supported, try to start saving for a new one. It will probably break down on a Saturday afternoon when you are returning on Sunday with an extra carcass 😉

Posted : 02/11/2024 1:35 pm

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