How do I safely cut the refrigerator compressor line?
I've got a huge double-sided refrigerator that's nothing more than a steel and plastic shell at this point. The heavy compressor guts and the finned radiators are all currently connected via but everything else is yanked.
The water line has been cut and clamped but clamping is actually unnecessary because I cut on the refrigerator side which included the control switch which will not let the water flow unless electricity is applied.
Previous posts included babbling about creating a vacuum table base which I started but now with this thing free I see I have a much better option. If I lay this thing on its back, it's got two compartments of a five-sided almost perfect air and sound enclosure.
It's big enough for me to actually place the current table that I'm working with inside it.
I'll put on the previously described ball bearing rollers on the back of it and be able to use it as a movable rolling woodworking base. It already has the sealable top and I just have to drill a lot of big holes on the sides to be able to put the air flow tubes in.
So what kind of damage am I about to do to myself and/or the environment by cutting this open?.
Edit: general web searching says it should be fine. Current refrigerant won't destroy the ozone. I can expect to get sprayed with some oil depending on where I cut it and whether or not it's on its side. Maybe a bit of Frosty gas. Okay, here we go...
The water line has been cut and clamped but clamping is actually unnecessary because I cut on the refrigerator side which included the control switch which will not let the water flow unless electricity is applied.
Previous posts included babbling about creating a vacuum table base which I started but now with this thing free I see I have a much better option. If I lay this thing on its back, it's got two compartments of a five-sided almost perfect air and sound enclosure.
It's big enough for me to actually place the current table that I'm working with inside it.
I'll put on the previously described ball bearing rollers on the back of it and be able to use it as a movable rolling woodworking base. It already has the sealable top and I just have to drill a lot of big holes on the sides to be able to put the air flow tubes in.
So what kind of damage am I about to do to myself and/or the environment by cutting this open?.
Edit: general web searching says it should be fine. Current refrigerant won't destroy the ozone. I can expect to get sprayed with some oil depending on where I cut it and whether or not it's on its side. Maybe a bit of Frosty gas. Okay, here we go...
