Homemade condensers

hello
a few weeks ago I bought a big condenser on auction portal. I paid for this one about ~17$ :D
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/13/skr22tl.jpg


http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9249/skr32nh.jpg
So, I planning cut this monster :banana:
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2319/skr50js.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9850/skr995bq.jpg
cut lines

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/1921/all34jy.jpg
Five 12cm condensers from half a big one condenser :cool:

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8130/obraz0039mr.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/125/51351531tm.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2122/51351559bn.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2866/39al1.jpg

regards
Duniek

very nice.

the fins of the condenser looks like spaggeti :) how do you think, how the ventilator gona push the air through that mess?

You mean the fan?

Also, how hard to re-braze that up? I was thinking about running one of my condnesers thru a table saw.

nice job, Ya were lucy you could find 180 bends that fit the gap bewteen the tubes.:toast:

Not bad at all :) I use a wire brush to straighten up the fins.

Thats a good idea RunMC. I wonder also how much easier it would be to make it a parralell condenser now.

If the wire brush doens't work you can try a fin comb. Should be available at every HVAC shop.

lol ghetto, nice :)

must have taken a long time

fin combs work great. you do need the correct FPI(fins per inch)

i use a screw driver takes longer but i get the condens like new!
cheap as hel this way1
regards,
q

DANG!!! what blade did you use and was it used in reverse? When i tried to cut one with a low tooth count blade spinning backwards and the condensor got ripped to shreds.

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Originally Posted by best [486]

DANG!!! what blade did you use and was it used in reverse? When i tried to cut one with a low tooth count blade spinning backwards and the condensor got ripped to shreds.

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carefull... i did it myself with that machine with disk for cutting metals dunno the the EN name.

damn now i realise u got 10 pieces out of it? that will be 2$ per piece plus the u bends, for sure the cost is under 5$ a pice?!?!?
reg, q

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Originally Posted by runmc

Not bad at all :) I use a wire brush to straighten up the fins.

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http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/2...inecond3ji.jpg

You can buy one of these in any ref shop, I think the name is "comb" in english?

They come for dif sizes

another one ;)

before:
http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/1296/beforeyr7.jpg
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/508/cutiu0.jpg

after:
http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/312/end1sk9.jpg
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/3770/koniecla2.jpg
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/9230/unit2os8.jpg

Now, that is an amazing rework of condenser :)

wow that makes me want to go out and try to do one!! Great work

yeah i've been wanting to do that for a while now, i've got the guts from an air conditioner and should make a couple nice small condensors

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/8157/alu1sh4.jpg
condenser and alu (2mm thick) panels

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3898/alugiciexw0.jpg
home bending :D
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4...lfdone1xq6.jpg
one side of condensor

update soon

Do you have proper U-bends?

Sweet work. That is my kind of $$ saving project. Congratulations. Did you make the u-bends or buy them?

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Originally Posted by n00b 0f l337

Do you have proper U-bends?

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i have some ubends from half of big condeser
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5469/kolankaaj7.jpg

hmm, i should ask the shop teacher at school if i could use the band saw for a bit - i could use some smaller condensors

This is amazing usage of limited resources man. Good stuff