How Do You Make An Air Compressor From An Old Refrigerator?
• It is Extremely Important to properly evacuate all Freon from your donor refrigerator’s system. Many shops will do this for free (and add it to their inventory.) This is also a good time to make sure the compressor is working • Once all the gas is out of the system, cut the copper tubes. There’s one going in & one going out of the sealed compressor module. Use a tubing cutter for the job. Note that when cutting, leave as much length of copper tubing as possible with compressor. Try not to turn the unit upside down. • Follow power cord into the wiring harness tracing the wires to their separate terminals on the capacitor. Mark both wires and terminals with masking tape or a marking pen to keep their proper configuration. Make note of wires at this location that will go to another set of terminals on 110v sealed compressor module (or “pump”), tape and mark these wires and terminals as well. • Remove the wiring to everything else except the capacitor and pump. Connect corresponding powe
