Hi there, I have a 1973(maybe74) 13’Boler that I have a
fridge question for.
Two months ago while working on hanging a fire extinguisher mount inside the cabinet to the left of the
fridge I drilled through the sheet metal side wall (left side) of the
fridge. First hole went in no issues. Second hole went through and gas hissing occurred. I looked inside the fridge and the plastic on the left side had bulged. Thinking that I had hit a cooling line (I had previously looked up to see if there were any prior to drilling in the side of the fridge and didn’t think there were any cooling lines in the sides of these old ones based on what I found) I thought the fridge was toast so this weekend I pulled it out as I had found an old similar tedco from a slightly newer
boler for cheap to replace it. Before putting the new/old one back in I thought I’d try and plug it in (my storage spot for the trailer does not have power and is out of town). To my surprise I had frost on the inside freezer rack developing within an hour or so. Left it plugged in overnight and for the next day and a half and it seems to be working well with no change to prior to the hole incident. Does anyone know what I could have hit and how it’s still going if I did hit a cooling line? I was thinking maybe it’s the thermostat line? Or some kind of sealed insulation? Just doesn’t make sense to me that it’s working this well.
My conundrum is that the new/old tedco is about 1” deeper than the dometic so it will stick out from my counter a bit more, so if the dometic is still ok I would prefer to just use that. But there is the risk that it maybe dies soon and I have to replace it which is a pain.
Any insight as to what I hit and what’s happening is greatly appreciated!