Kegerator is broken...please help?

[psrome]

Hello and thanks for letting my use your forum.

I bought my first kegerator this weekend and knew it was going to be a little bit of a project. I have found that the compressor is bad. I hope this is all that is wrong with it. I plug it in and only a buzzing happens. My model is too old for perlick to track down what compressor is in the unit and I can find it anywhere on the compressor. Does anyone know what kind of compressor is in a Perlick model #818S8-UL with a serial #172651? Or does anyone know how much any new or used compressor costs?

Thanks in advance and I anxiously await your help.

psrome

[USMC - Retired]

Talk to a local refrigeration tech, they should be able to repair, maybe not with the original manufacturers compresor but with a replacement. Bottom line is when it's all said and done a kegerator is just another refrigerator with some plumbing added.

Semper Fi,
The Gunns

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[psrome]

thanks for the reply.

Do you happen to have a rough idea of how much a compressor of that size will cost? The unit cools with R12

[martyd]

what do u mean a buzzing is it a continous buzz or more like a clicking sound if the compressor is bad throw the unit away it will cost more to replace than to buy a new one but compressor may not be bad email me if you want more help


marty