Hello to all friends of the famous fridge,
my
boat had a converted-to-active-fridge ice-box which I had to demolish and remove due to a
hull damage.
The system used a Danfoss BD-35 and a Veco E5247M evaporator.
The latter did not survive the
removal and I was lucky to find a kind person on another
boat to bring me a Dometic VD-07, which seemed to be a sensible replacement. ( Note: I am far away from convenient affordable online
shopping possibilities for
parts, let alone local shops with abundant merchandise ).
So now I do need to install the new evaporator and before I mess up, I need to make sure I understand the process.
As I understand it, the evaporator came preloaded with
coolant and since the previous one had a punctured tube I assume that all the previous
coolant must have leaked out of the system.
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Is there the need to add more coolant? ( the only one available here is the standard stuff, that people use for their car aircons )
The manual tells me to to lubricate the connector threads with "ester oil" or "refrigerant oil". As I understand this is a synthetic
oil as opposed to mineral ( WD-40 et. al. ). So synthetic
motor /
gearbox oild would
work, I wonder?
How do I proceed after
installation? I guess there might be the need to bleed out air out of the system, no?
Can I do this with household ( boathold, harhar ) tools or do I need a fabce vacuum
pump?
The Danfoss has a tire-valve type connector.
Thanks for all help and info!