Cheap Fridge

[Western Brewer]

Lady luck has been smiling on me recently. Delivered a new fridge/freezer to someone last week and we had to dispose of their old one, which turned out to be two under counter units (one fridge, one freezer) both in working order. The fridge was promptly dropped at my house for brewing use. Wish I had kept them both now <_<
Now I have seen talk about new thermostats and will look for the topic but have a question.
Does the new thermostat fit where the old one was or does it have to fit loosly inside and is it a difficult job, as what I know about electricity could be written the head of a pin several times.
Also aquired an old suffolk punch lawn mower in semi working order. Needs a new float in the carby but not tracked one down yet. Have glued the old one back together with epoxy but suspect the petrol will dissolve that in a short space of time. Anybody know any lawnmower dealers who may have a float for a Zentih Type 13 carby on their shelves.
Cheers, Mark

[johnmac]

Western Brewer,

If your fridge is a simple one, you could put your capillary thermostat in place of the normal fridge thermostat. Mine is a microprocessor controlled Bosch, which has a fan, so I didn't want to get involved with things I don't understand! I wired it up so that the thermostat has the same effect as plugging in/unplugging. That may be a bit brutal for the electronics, but it's OK so far, fingers crossed.

I cut into the supply and routed the live via the thermostat and left permanent neutral and earth connection. Disclaimer I'm not an electrician!

The thermostat is mounted on the outside of the fridge, with a small hole drilled to allow the capillary tube to be pushed through into the fridge.

My thermostat was £2.90, new, from ebay. There don't appear to be any on ebay at the moment, but there were two on when I bought mine.

[fizzypop boy]

WB you can get a petrol tank leak repairer from halfords which is designed to stand up to petrol,that should do your float if the stuff you used dissolves