LPG Refridgerators [RE-wrenches]

[Tom Simko]

  I had an old "round" Servel that I used for 16 years, it worked perfectly
and I only paid $75.00 for it. My local propane guys told me about the $100
buyback to get them off the market, so I took the hundred bucks, continued
using the fridge for another 2 years, and then, in order to comply with the
requirements of the buyback, scrapped it. I could have sold it for ANOTHER
hundred easy, but I figured making 25 bucks on the deal after 18 years of
use was a pretty sweet deal and I wouldn't get greedy. Oh yeah, it never
gassed me or burned the house down, keep 'em clean and they'll last forever!

Tom Simko
Skyline Solar
 

on 2/10/03 7:38 AM, Joel Davidson at joeldavidson at earthlink.net wrote:

> Matt and Doug,
> Thanks for clearing this up. I had a big 1947 model Borg Warner Norge in the
> 1970s (I traded an Avocado green Sears side-by-side refrig/freezer $0.03/kWh
> power hog to a neighbor for it). Got to play around with lots of gas
> refrigerators, talk to oldtimers, borrowed the manometer from the local
> appliance store many times (until someone "lost" it). All amonia/water
> absorbtion gas refrigerators are basically the same. No moving parts.
> Beautiful in their simplicity. Banned in many cities (not the refrig - the
> apartment hookup) because of many gas fires from bad connections. If any of
> you have a gas refrigerator, keep it clean and tuned up so that the next
> generation can use it.
> Best regards,
> Joel Davidson
> 
> Doug Pratt wrote:
> 
>> This is ONLY the really early 1930s thru 1950s round shoulder Servels,
>> and ONLY if they haven't been upgraded to a modern burner/thermostat
>> (which isn't a real big deal). For several years in the early '90s I
>> remember Servel was offering a $100 turn-in bounty on them.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Doug Pratt
>> 
>> Joel Davidson wrote:
>> 
>> Gas refrigerators illegal? What about all the commercial gas
>> refrigerators and freezers in both on and off grid locations?
>> 
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