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Swapped out a 15 year old compressor on a True cooler yesterday and wish I did it years ago
I mean everyone always says to just replace the whole unit when the compressor goes, but this was a back bar cooler at a diner in Concord and the cabinet was in perfect shape. Cost me about $180 for the compressor and dryer, took maybe 3 hours with recovery and vacuum. The old one was struggling to hold 38 degrees and now it's sitting at 34 steady. Has anyone else had good luck doing just compressor swaps on older coolers instead of writing them off?
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kim_patel891d ago
The 3/8 hp compressor on my True GDM-23 was $160 through a local supply house in Manchester, and @theawest is right - I was shocked too because most places try to sell you a whole new condenser setup. The key is pulling a deep vacuum and swapping the dryer, I let mine run for 30 minutes on the vac pump just to be safe. I did a similar swap on a Century cooler from 1998 and it dropped from 42 degrees to 34 in one day, saved the diner from dropping $2k on a new unit. Just make sure you check the run capacitor and start relay too, those are cheap and can take out a new compressor fast if they're weak.
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theawest1d ago
Holy crap only $180 for the compressor? I'd have guessed the part alone would be double that easy.
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