[TheForge] Refrigerator compressor/motors

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Dave, these puppies will compress air  just fine, but very slowly. When 
I was even poorer, I used one with a 300 gallon ex-propane tank to save 
up adaquate volume. I'd open the shop door and turn it on first thing 
every day. Be sure to have good quality, redundant , overpressure 
releases.......PeteF

Dave Brown wrote:

> I have access to quite a few refrigerator motor compressor units that 
> work, only they have been cut out of the refrigerators.  There are at 
> least 100 of them and they are mine for the taking.  What I'm 
> wondering is:
>
> 1.  Is there enough copper inside the sealed units to make it worth my 
> while to cut them open and strip the copper out before taking them to 
> the scrap yard?
>
> 2.  Can these units be used successfully for low volume pressurized 
> air such as an air brush or filling a small portable pressure tank or 
> inflating car tires?
>
> 3.  Any other thoughts on useful applications for these rather than 
> scrap?
>
> 4.  I know these have oil in the gas lines, it's clear and I assume it 
> may be mineral oil?  What needs to be done so that the oil stays down 
> or recycles in the compressor area and doesn't travel up line to point 
> of use?
>
> Start brainstorming, guys.  Start thinking.
>
> Dave Brown
> Heritage Smithing
> Green Bay, WI
>
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