Re: Frigikar air conditioning in my Packard

Posted by David Childs On 2014/5/21 14:12:10

Good news to all of you who replied to this Frigikar topic. Today I reconciled myself to disassemble my 6-volt electric motor and determine what might be wrong. **Prior** to disassembly (last resort)I decided to try and do one more electrical test, this time slightly different than before. This time I hooked aligator clips to make the ground from motor to battery--then holding the motor upright I touched the hot wire to the negative battery post and immediately upon contact the motor started working. I ran it for several short 20 second intervals and the motor still would spin like like a new one. After reinstalling the motor it would not work so I put my hand down into the air outlet and gave the cage a quick hand spin, whereupon it took off running. Now it responded to the a/c off/on switch!! I had thought the motor was just set up from non-use rather than years of regular use. The Packard repair spirits were at my house today!! The drier has been removed for rebuilding in Fort Worth, TX, I need to make one length of aluminum or copper tubing and we are ready to evacuate the system. Thanks to all, more photos to follow as project proceeds.