Vintage Refrigerator - 4'423 items found
50's TV: General Electric refrigerator commercial (1952)
50's TV: A General Electric refrigerator commercial from 1952.
Vintage Tap | Power Tools Auction Site
I have a ’40’s frigidare that makes a loud buzzing noise each time the compressor kicks in. The noise sounds like metal vibrating. Anyone have any ideas? I can tap on to compressor and it moves on it’s bushings with no noise.
Specifically, no idea what is happening, but consider the age and all, it’s probably time for a professional. Most communities still have a mom and pop appliance repair, check your yellow pages. What I try to do with vintage ‘fridges is go down to goodwill or the salvation army, pick up a newer one about the same size for about 75 bucks, and have my repair guy swap out the more modern components into the vintage reefer. It usually will cost less than an actual repair with obsolete parts. Check first to see if this is something your local guy is willing or able to do. One of these days I will take a at the community college so I can start doing it myself.
...
can you replace the compressor relay on a vintage refrigerator with an updated or new one?
The compressor relay on my vintage fridge is bad, I believe. Is it possible to put a new updated relay on it?
Sure why not? A relay is a relay no matter how old it is. Performs the same task right? Its just a switch that is activated by a coil. As long as you wire everything the exact same way, you're good.
Vintage Refrigerator - Bookshelf
|
144 pages |
Old-House Journal Above right: The Monitor Top is by far the most popular vintage refrigerator. Its compressor rests on top of its storage cabinet. Right: This Magic Chef has ... |
Digg Headlines
This vintage glass bottle is tall, slim and strong, perfect keeping home-made lemonade or spring water chilled in an old ice box or refrigerator. It had a screw-top lid originally, but now sports a fat cork.






Vintage Pyrex Primary Color Refrigerator Dish Set. Gorgeous set. It doesn't get nicer than this: 
