What's inside a Refrigerator Compressor
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- Опубликовано: 23 апр 2017
- We tear apart a fridge compressor and show all the inner workings.
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I've heard compressors running for 58 years and finally somebody shows me what's inside!
THANKS!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Thank you for showing this I've never seen the inside of a refrigerator compressor before.That was very interesting to me.
Thanks.
This is my go-to video for whenever I’m bored or need to stimulate my neurons. I love this guy, especially when he uses that hammer.
Awesome!
I built compressors for 16 yrs, I love cutting them apart, and I've made air compressor and vacuum pumps from them! The compressors we build do have rings, not all do, but some of the bigger pumps do.
Very cool.
Can you tell me maximum pressure and temperature this compressor can take atmospheric air to ??
Not sure what a fridge operates at but a car AC(pretty much the same basic function) can reach up to ~20 bar(~281.4 psi) before the safety valves start releasing. Looking at the size of that motor compared to the piston, it'll take a while(depending on pressure vessel size), but I'm sure it can pump a surprisingly high pressure.
I've got a Buddy of mine with 6 of these on top a tank made of 10 inch steel pipe. Its the quetest air compressor I've ever seen.
An old compressor as a cheap vacuum pump. Genius!
Definitely gonna keep that in mind the next time I come across an old fridge...
Do you have to keep adding oil to the thing or will it keep going just with what's inside?
Amazing! Thanks for sharing this! Kind of eye opening; something as ubiquitous as a refrigerator that almost everyone uses, is taken for granted. A lot of thought and engineering went into that compressor that majority of the people actually rely on every day, yet never knew what they did. People generally just gets pissed off when our machines break down. But once people realize how much thought was put into even a refrigerator, we appreciate them a bit more.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
@@sixtyfiveford can you safely use broken fridge freezer for storage in kitchen??
Or are there gas emissions? Etc.
Thanks for your time.
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@@Alexe829 There will be no gas emissions. You can store stuff in an old fridge indefinitely.
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Standing Ovation, Applauds You. Goldsmith/Master Jeweler here.
Certified Photovoltaic/Electrician Solar Thermal Technician. DIY Professional, etcetera etcetera... I've converted refrigerator motors to vacuum motor BUT Never opened one up. Thanx for sharing and saying that "it's ain't the end of the line for this" you're still going to keep it running by turning it into an air compressor.
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Thank you for showing this. I was curious what was so special inside these things.
No one had ever reviewed a compressor in such depths. Thanks man for such a great video
Thanks for watching.
that was great. i can't wait to see part 2 turning the case into a compressor or something.
I always wondered what was going on with those, thanks for the video!
Was never curious to see what is inside one of those, however, I am glad this was in my suggested videos!
thank you for sharing that frigerator air compressor with us I always wonder what it looks like inside thank you again
How cool! This reminds me of myself at 10 when I would take everything apart to see how it works....Keep making these videos!!!!
Thanks Man.
First time I see one opened up like that. It's always the same with those things though, there's not as much to them as you might think. Thanks for sharing this Moe.
It's always fun to tear broken stuff apart and see what makes it tick.
Have you ever disassembled air tools? I was trying to take apart an old Harbor Freight butterfly impact wrench, but it seems like it had a one way assembly on the end plate, which must be pressed in, with no way to take it apart non destructively. I didn't take the hammer to it like you were doing in this video, because I wanted to see if it was simply some gummed up vanes in the air motor.
I've concluded there's no way to take it apart, but thought there must have been someone out in RUclips land that's tried before. Doesn't seem like it though, because the only videos I could find were the regular pistol grip type impact wrenches.
DTR RTD, have you checked if AvE has a BOLTR on that?
@ A LeBlanc: So true. Very often the genius is in the simplicity of the design IMO.
Thanks so much for breaking it down to its simplest components. It helped me a lot to get a good intro into the subject. I have been wondering how the compressor works, I am served!👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
In addition I would like to know how one could (process step by step) turn the refrigerator compressor into biogas compressor to compress biogas into an LPG cylinder or a car tyre.
Thx!
I have seen one as an air compressor. It was very quiet and never wore out. Useful for dusting of circuit boards etc.
The valve is called a "reed Valve" , the compressor pumps refrigerant, not air and the refrigerant has to be gas, not liquid. It can tolerate some oil as the oil is fully miscible with the refrigerant but liquid refrigerant will ultimately cause a broken reed valve. The intake is called the "Suction" and the outlet is called the "Discharge". If the reed valve breaks or gets bent from pumping liquid, the compressor will still run however the discharge gas will short cycle back into the suction of the compressor and then it will overheat and eventually burn out. Nice pull apart.
Macca Stacka thanks for correcting this guy. There should be no air in a vapour compression system. Air is non-condensiable. It call a hermatic compressor because it sealed.
Macca Stacka, the reed valve reminds me of those loud Cox model airplane engines of old :-)
Macca Stacka post us a link to your video.. Would like to see
No videos sorry pal. I'm just an Air Conditioning mechanic. However, sixtyfiveford did a great job of showing the workings of a compressor.
Yeah its one of the most simple single stage compressors they make. much different from the 2 stage ammonia refridgeration i work on. ever work on a CP booster compressor ?
"Our air filter intake, let's pry this off" - hammers the shit out of it
Yes, a nice use of a Sheffield screwdriver.
Lol I thought the exact same thing
Spud machine AHHHH HA HA HA I thought you were referring to the first one or two times he lightly tapped it with a hammer... I was wrong... He beats the ever loving shit out of it at 4:10
Was melted...
Yeah that was great
This is very informative! I know by the name itself that item should function as a gas compressor that will send the cooling gas around the fridge as i know a little bit of how some cooler work.. and on some electronic, this component named compressor often come to broke down first before any other component, so this video kind of opening a new window of knowledge to me! Thank you!
Great video. Ive been working on appliances for 5 years and have replaced compressors on AC and refrigerators and never really took the time to see whats inside one. Thanks for the knowledge. New subscriber here.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
I've never seen the inside of a compressor so that was cool. Learning has taken place! Watching is smoke was fun.
Letting the smoke out of stuff is always fun.
sixtyfiveford You let out the magic smoke! I do that A lot! mostly by accident!!
wyattoneable it's like watching a shaman ghost-whisperer sending a lingered spirit off to the hereafter.
Gary Ronan speaking of magic smoke, I put a 9 volt battery to an LED with no resistor and about 5 seconds later it started smoking, but I took the battery off before it exploded, if LEDs explode if they got too hot, but that was like 6 or 7 years ago. After that I learned that LEDs work at 2.5 volts max, I think.
That was a good view of something most haven't ever seen thanks for sharing
Thanks Rick. -Moe.
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This video really open my eyes on the inner working mechanism of a compressor ! Hats up to you for spreading knowledge !!!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
i used to work in a plant that built refrigeration commpressors like that. we made the upper and lower shells(outer housing), the mounts the hold the rubber vibration rings to the fridge, the stays that hold the springs to mount the compressor inside the lower shell, the bracket that holds the cover on the elect plug and the stainless reed valve. good to see inside one again.
That's neat. I'm sure it was some big machinery that stamped out the shells?
best refrigeration video ive actually ever seen! thanks :)
yep never knew what was inside of these loud buzzing & vibrating ominous "black cans" in every device that uses an actual refrigeration system (also Peltiers or Thermoelectric Coolers TEC don't count).
Amazing. Thanks for showing this. I always knew there was a 'compressor' in there but never thought more about it. I guess it's obvious to those mechanically minded, but I think I sort of assumed it was some sort of different compressor technology. Didn't realise it was a regular old piston. Awesome to learn how technology is reused everywhere, it's just often hidden inside these black boxes. Surprised my old fridge isn't louder now.
Thanks for watching. I'm glad you liked it.
Fr crazy to think about how even the most advanced ship we have is literally all built off the same handful of base components. Everything can be broken down into screws, sheet metal, etc
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Thanks for all the detailed information you have provided in this video. I like your way of explaining every point. Keep sharing such great videos in the future also.
Well, I have seen large ones apart (the ones with external motors, belt drive) have always wanted to see inside small one but never wanted to get a dusty mess cutting it open. Thanks. I had thought the piston would be same as large ones, quite surprised at how absolutely basic it is.
wow ! thanks for this video , I got a couple of these and I can see lots of repurposing capability of these devices ! thanks again !🔭📚📘📐🎓🔨🔩🔧
Cata strophic the shaft attached to the motor moves actually similar to a jigsaw machine, too bad we dont have one
Cool, what ideas did you have?
Thats a first for me! I never saw the inside of one. Cool!
It's always fun to see how stuff ticks.
thanks sir
Khaliil01, man, that must have been a long time ago. These days the 'neighborhood tech guy' is someone who can attach pictures to grandpa's email before sending it, lol (no offense or anything). Times have changed...
I did a tear down like this and uploaded but I find his video came out better.
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You've got some curiosity there m8. I was once like you. I would open up everything to see what's inside and how it works. This was way back when RUclips didn't exist so I didn't have videos like this to learn about stuff.
Thanks for sharing man. Always good to see how things are made
Thanks! I have always wondered what was in there and never checked it out.
Nice tear down and live run Moe!
Thanks. It's always fun to see how stuff works.
Was always curious about what the internals of a fridge compressor looked like. Had a pretty good idea and for the most part was right. Just a little different configuration than I thought for the pump head, far simpler than I imagined.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Great video, I’m fairly new in the refrigeration field. I’m current learning a lot about different types of compressors. In this case this would be a hermetic sealed compressor. Thanks for the video.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Yeah the new video will be pretty interesting to see.. For the most part these things are so dam reliable.
They are work horses for sure.
I always wonder what's inside of this when I was a kid, 20 years has passed, then I see this video. what a beautiful piece of engineering that is! .
welp!
now I can die in peace.
haha. Thanks.
I cut a compressor in half when I was 10 years old with a hack saw, chisel and hammer.
Always appreciate guys like you who spend their time to make these video. Thanks, now I know what’s inside that canister.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
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Excellent message and good job. Really helped me understand compressor noise in my new fridge
Very inneresting thank you for your information.
Thanks for watching.
Same piston as in a rc toy
I saved a piston and used it for a key ring thing.
Tr hat was my fidget toy ,loved spiking the piston on the connecti g rod
It amazes me how simple the individual components of our mechanical devices are.
Thanks for a great vid. I've always wondered what one of those compressors looked like on the inside. Now i know, thanks. cheers.
Thanks for watching.
As a kid, I was trying to pump WATER with this, not realizing that the entire system floats in whatever it sucks in :D.
I'm sure the compressor didn't last long. But, that what learning is all about.
You could've, if u used this little fella to pressurize a tank that had water in it.
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this is the best demolishon ive ever seen, maybe you should try to put it back together and make it work?
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Most refrigeration compressors aren't worth the effort and time to fix them up, refrigeration compressors are considered "throwaway" compressors. At least from what i've heard and read from my classes in HVAC.
Nice teardown of a refrigerator compressor! Lots of us now know what's inside that little pressure dome and a lot more about how it works. Liked and subscribed.
Thanks for watching!
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Excellent video!
Thanks Ken. -Moe
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Excellent. I had no idea what went on inside those cases. Thank you.
Very nice vid. Enjoyed every second of it. I've never seen inside a fridge compressor before. I picked up one from a thrown-out fridge and intend to use it as a vacuum pump. Now I feel really comfortable about converting my compressor knowing what's inside. Thank you.
Thanks. They make really nice vacuum pumps and I have a video on it: ruclips.net/video/CMe25d_KVP0/видео.html
I'll have a look that vid, thank you again.
"We should be able to pry this off" *smashes with hammer* "We should be able to have a romantic evening" *Smashes with hammer*
Came to comments to find this comment. Wasn’t disappointed.
Yup.....I knew I’d find this one. Cheers gents.
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It is so beautiful, I would not think it is that perfect inside. Thanks Sixtyfiveford.
Thanks for watching.
Nice video, very first time deep dived in the refrigerator compressor. If you can also help us to know more about different types of compressors would be great.
I was Eric the car guy a few weeks back and he had some special bolts that looked smiliar didn't say what they are called. But he did say they are made to fit perfectly into a 12 sided spline socket or wrench
Thanks for the info.
Triple square XZN spline bit
ElleExxe Foursixty No triple square xzn bolts have a female impression, these ones on the pump have a male spline.
Why did you assume his identity a few weeks ago.Is it that bad being yourself?
Hmm, I've only seen XZN referred to when the bolt is a socket head style.
"Let's pry this off" proceed to hammer the sh*t outa of it 😂
All your videos are very interesting. I look forward to seeing your compressor project, with it's tiny piston. That piston would make a good key chain, but not quite big enough for a gas station bathroom!
This is my compressor project forums.lr4x4.com/topic/9710-fridge-compressors/
Excellent just what I was looking for thanks for taking the time to produce the video
Why did it burn out so fast when you plugged it in and kick started it? It sure made an interesting sound and smoke show.
The start windings were already completely shorted out. So I used the run windings that were also shorting together but not completely shorted out.
Dasdfjkl maybe because where it was melted made the coils melt together making a short circuit but in a strange way. That's just a guess.
I have a hypothetical question. If this compressor was together and working normally and you sucked up gasoline fumes with it, is there anything exposed inside the compressor electrically that could ignite the fumes? I’m not talking about the fumes as it leaves the compressor as we all know many things could ignite the fumes. I’m talking about inside.
Someone told me that you can put a match out in gas IF AND IF you were fast enough. It is the fumes that would ignite before it reached the gas. I would have to say yes it would if it had a big enough spark to ignite the gas but even gasoline is a liquid. So the gas fumes are far more easier to explode than the liquid. Unless it is broken, there should be no reason for a spark. A spark requires a space between two points to arc a cross. NOT an expert but just my thoughts
You need a certain amount of oxygen present for the fuel to explode. This is what a carburettor does in an internal combustion engine. If it is pumping liquid fuel and there is no oxygen present it shouldn’t ignite.
@@cameronwarman6136 Yes, I understand all of that but is there anything exposed electrically inside that would start a fire if the conditions were right? Some electric motors have brushes and inherently create small sparks at the brushes. Do these compressors create any sparks while running?
These are always brushless motors and don't produce any sparks.
@@FromSaultoPaul if there was no oxygen in the system there would be no issues.
Wow man! i love the part you started the compressor with the drill. It was impressive! Thanks for sharing this video
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Great clip.nice to see the inside and how it works.
A neat bit of engineering, shame its allways hidden for the life of the machine :-(
I knew there was a compressor in the case, but memory forgets the details, so it can be enjoyed all over again :-D
Thanks.
My instructor told me to never do this in a customers kitchen on a service call.lol
Wow that was a pretty cool. I had always wondered what those compressors looked like from the inside.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
I have seen a compressor often but have never looked inside. Thanks for showing
Great video. Any risk of explosion cutting this open. Any of the refrigerants explosive ? Thanks
Not in North America. Some other countries use essentially propane as a refrigerant.
The manufacturer True uses propane in some of their newer eco friendly cases. Haven't seen very many of them, but they are out there.
Freon is a DuPont brand, it's a refrigerant vapor pump.
And?
vapor compressor
Fun video to watch....It's been a long time since I have done this...It was out of curiosity that I did and also to show students in HVAC/Building Maintenance classes, what was going on in them...I think this guy would be a good instructor...My thanks to the gent that made it.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Very nice...clear my all doubts about setting of motor in compressors...👍👍👍
Keep making these type of videos
"Pry this off..." *Smashes with hammer* 😂
It got it off.
I know what's inside... still watching... probably subbed
Had a vague idea of what was in one, but actually seeing the inside is pretty neat. Thanks!
It's always fun taking stuff apart, thanks for watching.
Man you must have got that I would love to see you put that back together
My grandparents have a refrigerator that still runs from the 50's, where do I get one of those compressors?
Old fridges are built like tanks. I picked up a 1941 fridge a few years back from and auction. No one else wanted it. I plugged it in and started right up and ran great. Still works great and uses 1/3 the electricity my modern fridge uses.
rwdplz1 You may have to convert to a newer style compressor. It's doubtful you would recharge it with the old R12 and the newer refrigerants work better with the newer compressors.
sixtyfiveford sounds like someone replaced the compressor in that 1941s fridge with a freon pumping system like in the air conditioning in your house.
XanCraft21 R-12 freon came out in 1930. So I'm sure it was commonly used by the 40's.
You have to have the model number, serial number, and manufacturer of the fridge. There should be a metal data plate somewhere on that unit, hopefully it isnt tarnished so badly you can still read the numbers and letters. Once you have that info all it takes is looking on Ebay for a new compressor. You will probably have to convert to a new refrigerant like R-134a or R-404A though so dont worry about finding a compressor that runs on R-12 or R-22. Going online to the compressor manufacturer or calling the 1-800 number for the parts department they will be able to cross you over to a replacement compressor. Then find a refrigeration tech or AC tech and have him install the new compressor and filter drier. It takes a special set of tools and gauges and EPA certification to buy refrigerant, not sure about just a compressor but probably so. Pay a guy some cash and its an easy weekend job.
Crude compressor, but effective. If they are so quiet, why are regular air compressors so noisy.
+Robert Heinkel - Primarily because of the shell and the spring mounting plus the fact that the gas it pumps is in a totally closed system.
Nice breakdown. Thank you much for this visual. I would never break one apart myself. this has been most helpful.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Thanks Man !! I've often wondered exactly what was in that hermetically sealed can but never took the time to tear into one. Now I don't have to. Curiosity satisfied. LOL
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Hello everyone, can anyone who understands the engine tell me why the engine is producing smoke?
Thank you.
The electric motor was shorted out. So it was producing excessive heat and burning the oil off the wires.
sixtyfiveford, Thank you very much.
Best Regards.
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Compressors are factors sealed.none repairable.sometime a kick start.will work.for awhile
Nice Video, I've seen other fridge compressors with multiple pistons in an axial configuration. Totally cool.. You never know what you'll find, unless you take everything you can apart.. There's so many useful parts in broken "Junk", it's amazing.. I love it.
Thanks. I've definitely found some neat parts tearing stuff apart.
Great video. Takes me back to that little tinkle the old fridges made every time the compressor shut down. Ahh childhood memories.🤣😂😁😀😎
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Umm honey,the fridge is not working for some reason..
Haha.
Yeah cause sixtyfiveford took the compressor out of it lol 😂
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10000 dollar fine for releasing the cfcs in that apparatus
obviously he left out some prior info, like was refrigerant recovered before cutting lines, I'm sure if the epa police show up he can say he did. but i do think he should have said a word about the refrigerant and pressure at the beginning.
The hollow chamber between the head and the line is a muffler. Keeps the condensation lines behind the fridge from buzzing loudly.
The "flapper valves" are called reed valves.
That oil is pretty thin compared to what automotive AC systems use.
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If there was air in there that compressor it would have froze up on day one!
Smarty pants ?!?!?!
"airflow"? really in a refrigeration compressor.
Why not? We know that normally Air has Oxygen, Nitrogen, water and very little of R22. So, if we remove much of Oxygen, N2, and H2O, we are left with a content which is dominated by R22, but it is then still Air.
Good vid! What is amazing, is all the guys building these into 'mini-silent air compressors' for their garage, and that they work (for a while) without burning out! (it's all about that duty cycle, guys...that forever-on-state duty cycle, which these weren't meant to have)...
Thanks. I would say as an air compressor they need to run a max of 30 minutes before they get a cool down to prevent burning them out. While in an AC/refrigeration setup they get the refrigerant constantly cooling them so they can go longer.
Thank you a million times over. I didn't realize that the assembly floated so loosely inside the housing. Mine is banging against the housing for about 15 seconds sometimes when it shuts off. Maybe one of the mounting feet are loose or missing.
Yours still work? I have same issue when it starts and stops about 3 ping pong noises
Nice, finally an environmentally friendly guy. Thumbs up man! :D
I made a vacuum pulp for air conditioning and it works great and was free💯 just like a 3hundred dollar one and totally quiet👍smoke pot.
Very cool, i always wondered how they worked. Thanks
Thanks for making this video - I've always loved seeing how things work. (As a kid I used to get into trouble for taking my toys apart).
I've heard of others using them for air compressors and wondered how they worked. The floating suspension design is interesting. It would be great for air-brushing!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
This guy knows his stuff! Cuts right to the chase!
Enjoyed the video, HVAC student and needed to see inside a hermetically sealed compressor to better understand the principals of a reciprocating style compressor. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Scotch & Yoke crankshaft! Cool... Thanks for the Vid!
That was really informative. Thanks for taking the time to explain all this and put it up
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
I always wanted to see that , thanks. If I get an equivalent dc motor compressor , will it be more silent without the 60
Hertz hum ?