Leak of ammonia in refer
If the ammonia leaks out of the refer can the leak be repaired and the ammonia be replaced??
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- I had our cooling unit replaced with a new Amish Built cooling unit.
JC Refrigeration in Shipshewana Indiana does the job and fully test's the refrigerator out in 4 hours. They do a super job.
The owner is also the owner of Dutch Aire the Amish cooling units manufacturer. - I replaced the entire cooling unit with a new Amish Built cooling unit. A new double door fridge is over $2000. I replaced the cooling unit myself in a day for under $1000 and it works better than the OEM version.
You pull the fridge out, tag all the wires, take pictures, take the old one off, clean the surfaces, install new one.
Lots of video help on Youtube.
Depends if you plan on keeping it. I would worry that if you repair the old one, you might get another leak sooner than later. - Well, it certainly can be repaired. Whether a repair is the best bet is hard to say. Units are rebuilt in two basic ways- the "old school" repair is to find the leak, fix it, flush the system and recharge, over pressurizing to check for weak spots.This is what Ford's Refrigeration teaches and performs. I've done hundreds of this type, with very few failures.
The "new school" is to replace the part of the cooling unit that has the leak, - IOW, cut it out and add new tubing. These also have been pretty successful, a bit higher success rate than the patch type. - It can be a tight fit trying to get the fridge out if you go replacing it all, replacing the cooling unit is fairly easy but will taken up some time. They are not cheap.
Bobbo wrote:
No.
The cooling unit must be replaced.
May be easier to replace the entire refrigerator.
If the refer cabinet is in good shape much more cost effective to just replace the cooling unit with a new or rebuilt. We used one form this outfit and were very pleased with the unit.
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- No.
The cooling unit must be replaced.
May be easier to replace the entire refrigerator.
