lowest temp setting beverage air

[01jlstubbs]

I have my kegerator in the garage and it't now about 80F in the garage. I noticed that the Bev Air kegerator was sitting at about 44F on it's coldest setting. I had a refrigerator tech come out and check out the kegerator. He spoke little English (not much help to me) but mostly Russian. Anyway, he was a friendly guy and said that my coil condenser was really dirty. He cleaned it and also said that my system was over charged with freon.

When he left the kegerator is still in the coldest position and is cooling to 37 - 38F nicely. The compressor shuts off as well so to me it seems that the cooler is happy when it reaches that temperature. When the compressor kicks on again I noticed that my liquid temp is around 39F. Fairly stable temp, but just wondering if my temp control (thermostat) is out of line. Shouldn't I be able to get this Bev Air unit colder than 37F if I wanted?

Sorry for the long post.

JL

[martyd]

no the thermostats in these units have usually only a 3 degree swing 36-39 degrees probably wont be able to get liquid temp lower than 37-38 degrees this is what these systems are built to do

marty

[01jlstubbs]

Thanks for the response. I bought one of those accurate liquid temp gauges from micromatic and tonight when I heard the compressor kick on the fridge was right under 38F and when it shuts off the temp reads right at 36F or maybe a touch under.

Guess everything is OK with the unit. Won't call for a tune up until I start hitting above 40F again. Now that I think about it, I suppose these units are built for beer and not your everyday fridge/freezer items.

Thanks again for the response.

JL

[martyd]

before u call for a tune up always clean the condensor coils if units starts to heat up make sure you have good airflow blowing them out with co2 doesnt hurt it neither keep them clean and it will run long time


marty