/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1149873

Here's the diagram

(shitty translator btw)

>>1149873

the thermostat

>>1149873

translation:

Tension 115~
Ffrequency 60Hz 2.8A

>>1149873

Now, there are some ton of videos made by rednecks what live inawoods that turned their chest freezers into high efficiency fridges, but there's nothing similar to this

Maybe it's the auto defrost model.

The fan comes on when the compressor comes on.
IE: when the thermostat tell it to make cold

Wire up an extra power cable to the two left-most contacts 1 and 2
Use a jumper from the black/hot lead of the power cord to the left-most COOLING contacts 7
Connect the brass screw of an outlet via a jumper wire to the right-most COOLING contact. 8
Connect the silver screw on the outlet to the white wire on the power cord

bonus: If you use an extension cord for the power cord you can use the cut-off socket from the extension cord for the outlet.

>>1149882

Also, will running the compressor on lower temperatures will toast it? the yellow sticker says that running the thing on less than 115v there is a danger of toasting it.

>>1149889
I didn't address the heater in the ice cream cooler.
For use as a fridge, just disable it. It's probably a mullion heater which you won't need.

Oh, and turn the thermostat all the way up
Plug freezer/fridge into socket/outlet on digital thermostat
Plug digital thermostat into wall outlet and make settings.
You can also make the digital setting before you plug the freezer into it.

>>1149890
lower temperature is not the same as lower voltage
most electric motors overheat if ran on low voltage

It won't be lower temperature because you're going from a freezer at -10F to a refrigerator at 35F

It will run less as a fridge

>>1149890
>>1149897
I realized you were talking about the compressor running on lower temperature because of no heater and less work.
The compressor reaches it's operating temperature within a few minutes for either use.
Also, the fan blows air across both the compressor and the condenser coil.

>>1149897

Yup my fuck up, I meant lower voltage

>>1149901
It will be at whatever voltage your house has.

The digital doesn't lower the voltage it just switches it on or off just like the one on the freezer.

>>1149897
>>1149899

Im making a diagram for this brb

>>1149905
>Im making a diagram for this brb

>>1149921
>>1149894
>>1149897

fuck my comprehension levels

I get it now, noice m8, I was going to remove the old thermostat controller, and integrate the new one, but that also work

>>1149873
>so I can still use it as a freezer if I want.
>>1149894
>For use as a fridge, just disable it. It's probably a mullion heater which you won't need.
If you intend to ever use it as a freezer again, don't disable the heater.
It's likely there to keep moisture from forming on the cabinet.

>>1149927
I'm sure it's difficult to tell from the 'drawing' but the orange is a cut up three wire extension cord.
It will still work fine with a two wire just disregard the green.
If the freezer has a three wire cord, I'd use a three wire supply.

>>1149927
>>1149921

integrating it its way more complicated, fuck, im gonna make a diagram of it integrated for aesthetics purposes

>>1149935
If the digital thermostat fails you just unplug it and still have a functioning freezer.
If you want to sell it later you can sell it as an unmodified ice cream freezer.
If you 'mod' it, you're stuck with it like that unless you do it in such a way it can be undone.

sup 2 U

get a side by side off craigslist for free or cheap

move the F on

>>1149928
Yes heaters in the freezer is to prevent manual defrosting.

>>1149889
>IE: when the thermostat tell it to make cold
Freezers don't 'make cold', they remove heat.
Then you have to remove that heat from the system itself.
>ITT nobody understands refrigeration.

>>1150076
>>ITT nobody understands refrigeration.

This thread is not about refrigeration.
It's about electricity and wiring an electric device.
If I'd been discussing phase change cooling or thermodynamics with an expert like you I'd have used different terms.
He's a novice in electrical wiring and refrigeration. I was saying it in a way he could understand.
Thank you for your insightful input which contributed absolutely nothing.

>>1149873

I assume the heating element is around the door, so it doesn't frost up near it from frozen condensation. People aren't very good at closing them well and the seals aren't as good as with a door.

>>1150541

I meant not as good as with a hinged door.

>>1150281
Thanks for the proof. You're a HVAC tech.

>This thread is not about refrigeration.
I know what this thread is about, but understanding how refrigeration works would sure as fuck help. No?
>It's about electricity and wiring an electric device.
And you did a fine job helping OP there.
>If I'd been discussing phase change cooling or thermodynamics with an expert like you I'd have used different terms.
I'm no expert, jackass, but I do work in industrial refrigeration.
>He's a novice in electrical wiring and refrigeration. I was saying it in a way he could understand.
You were teaching him wrong. You used poor concepts.
>Thank you for your insightful input which contributed absolutely nothing.
I wasn't trying to contribute. This is another "I want to build X but don't have the necessary skills/time/money" thread.

Just because you know how to wire my fridge compressor doesn't mean you should be teaching.
I freeze warehouses, you cool offices.
Teach these people properly or don't bother at all. Most of the projects these posters present will never see the light of day, but that doesn't mean they can't walk away a little smarter in the process.

>Make cold
C'mon man, that still kills me. If it wasn't for you posting your dog collar I still wouldn't believe you know anything past the electrical aspect.

>>1150574
Literally visible physical form of autism there oniichan

just add salt to your water and enjoy really cold salt water

>>1149873
Think you need to learn how refrigeration works homey. Look up the Wiki. Also, water will be a huge load, if you can get it to stay in there...