Required tools:
- Screwdriver Set;
- spanners;
- wire cutters;
- Bulgarian;
- ticks.
Refrigerator disassembly process
Dismantling must begin from the refrigerator chamber. Inside there are grilles and metal linings.
For very old refrigerators, they are cast from aluminum, and this is a metal that is quite profitable to sell.
The freezer is also made of aluminum. If it is difficult to determine whether a part is cast from aluminum or whether it is painted steel, you need to check it with a magnet. Non-ferrous metal is not magnetic.
Then the rubber seal is torn off and the plastic door trim is unscrewed. Behind it is glass wool. It needs to be carefully placed in a bag so as not to itch later. The door is removed and placed on a pile of black scrap.
On the back of the refrigerator the compressor and radiator are unscrewed.A copper tube with refrigerant is bitten off from the compressor, most likely this will be accompanied by a hissing sound. Next, the rear wall and side trim of the internal frame are dismantled.
It is most convenient to cut everything with a grinder, but you can tear out the spot weld with pliers.
There is also glass wool between the skin and the internal frame. It is removed and, if possible, the plastic is torn off.
As a result, access to copper tubes will open. Aluminum tubes are most likely soldered directly to the freezer. You need to find where the copper meets the aluminum and cut the metals apart.
For compactness, if you plan to carry the refrigerator into acceptance yourself, the steel casing and body frame are bent or cut. So the metal can be placed in the trunk of a car. Next you need to tackle the previously removed compressor and radiator. The latter most likely goes entirely to ferrous metal. Sometimes it contains a copper tube that needs to be removed. The flask sealed into the tube must be cut and the balls shaken out of it.
If the compressor is working, you can try to sell it through a bulletin board, which will be more profitable.
The broken one can be sorted out. Its body is cut with a grinder. There is copper winding and aluminum parts inside. The winding is bitten and pulled out piece by piece.
As a result, only glass wool, rubber seal and plastic are sent to waste. Based on the results of disassembling the OKA-III M refrigerator manufactured in 1976. managed to obtain almost 50 kg of ferrous metal, 3.2 kg of aluminum and a total of 2.3 kg of copper.
