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Old 05-19-2006, 01:49 AM   #1
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Homemade condensers
hello
a few weeks ago I bought a big condenser on auction portal. I paid for this one about ~17$




So, I planning cut this monster



cut lines


Five 12cm condensers from half a big one condenser









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Old 05-19-2006, 02:34 AM   #2
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very nice.
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Old 05-19-2006, 03:03 AM   #3
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the fins of the condenser looks like spaggeti how do you think, how the ventilator gona push the air through that mess?
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Old 05-19-2006, 03:41 AM   #4
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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.
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Old 05-19-2006, 03:48 AM   #5
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nice job, Ya were lucy you could find 180 bends that fit the gap bewteen the tubes.
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Old 05-19-2006, 03:55 AM   #6
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Not bad at all I use a wire brush to straighten up the fins.
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Old 05-19-2006, 04:00 AM   #7
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Thats a good idea RunMC. I wonder also how much easier it would be to make it a parralell condenser now.
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Old 05-19-2006, 04:02 AM   #8
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If the wire brush doens't work you can try a fin comb. Should be available at every HVAC shop.
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Old 05-19-2006, 04:43 AM   #9
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lol ghetto, nice
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Old 05-19-2006, 05:42 AM   #10
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must have taken a long time
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Old 05-19-2006, 05:54 AM   #11
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fin combs work great. you do need the correct FPI(fins per inch)
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Old 05-20-2006, 02:03 AM   #12
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i use a screw driver takes longer but i get the condens like new!
cheap as hel this way1
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Old 05-20-2006, 06:29 AM   #13
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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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Old 05-22-2006, 07:00 AM   #14
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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.
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?!?!?
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Old 05-22-2006, 09:01 AM   #15
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Not bad at all I use a wire brush to straighten up the fins.



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

They come for dif sizes
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another one

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Old 08-05-2006, 10:12 AM   #17
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Now, that is an amazing rework of condenser
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Old 08-05-2006, 10:51 AM   #18
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wow that makes me want to go out and try to do one!! Great work
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Old 08-05-2006, 11:50 AM   #19
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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
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Old 09-19-2006, 11:14 AM   #20
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condenser and alu (2mm thick) panels


home bending

one side of condensor

update soon
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Old 09-19-2006, 11:43 AM   #21
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Do you have proper U-bends?
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Old 09-19-2006, 12:24 PM   #22
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Sweet work. That is my kind of $$ saving project. Congratulations. Did you make the u-bends or buy them?
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Old 09-19-2006, 01:35 PM   #23
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Do you have proper U-bends?
i have some ubends from half of big condeser
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Old 09-19-2006, 02:15 PM   #24
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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
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Old 09-20-2006, 12:42 AM   #25
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This is amazing usage of limited resources man. Good stuff
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