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    Try to work some better than scrap metal items

    Trying to get my one worker to understand that with this market (low scrap metal prices), we need to do more than cut up metal. We have a few appliances I have been putting on the back burner. Four refrigerators, six a/c window units, five dryers and two washers. My plan take one group at a time, teach him (myself too), how to go through them, clean them up, go through and test everything.

    Going to do refrigerators first, starting with a small Frigidaire, it's basic a simple timer runs everything, tested the compressor and it's good electrically. Plugged it in and only the light comes on, neither fan nor compressor start. Going to press on I want to use this one more for educational purposes, my worker knows squat about electrical this could be a challenge!



    Questions for appliance guys: Would you mess with a ten year old refrigerator? I have done some work on these in past and Always check compressor first, make sure there's a good motor in compressor, What do you check first? second? I'm going to go through freezer and timer next, will post how we progress. Got to make some changes as scrap metal just isn't cutting it right now.

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