Removing internal freezer from mini-fridge?

[Plan9]

I have an old GE mini-fridge that I would like to convert. The problem is it has a little freezer inside. There is a single coolant tube running to it. Can I just clamp then cut that tube?
Or are these type of fridges just a no-go?

Also, how common is it for the little fridges to have coolant lines in the top?


Thanks in advance!

[psychodad]

You won't likely be able to crimp the tubes well enough to prevent them from leaking.

[lunkhead]

The little freezer is what cools the fridge, so I don't think you want to remove it. I think on a previous post here someone had the same issue and they dropped the freezer part down so it was resting on the backside of the unit. You might try a "search forum" for this or if anyone else here remembers this. Don't break any lines or you'll have a warm storeage box.

[Plan9]

Yeah, your right. I just searched, and it is apparently the sole cooling source.
I'll leave it as a bottle/can fridge, and keep an eye out for a chest freezer or somethin for kegs.

[THE ICEMAN]

The little freezer is what cools the fridge, so I don't think you want to remove it. I think on a previous post here someone had the same issue and they dropped the freezer part down so it was resting on the backside of the unit. You might try a "search forum" for this or if anyone else here remembers this. Don't break any lines or you'll have a warm storeage box.

What he said.

Do not try to pinch off the tubes. Refrigerator/freezers are essentially freezers that are throttled down to provide cooling for the refrigerator section. Each system's compressor, condenser, evaporator etc. is sized to match with each other so to reduce the capacity of the system by pinching off tubing would reduce the efficiency & potentially 'kill' the system.

And yes, I'm not known as THE ICEMAN simply because it sounds cool.