If you visited the Hackerspace between last weekend and Tuesday afternoon, you might’ve heard the Cold Drinks machine making a horrible noise. The cause turned out to be the condenser fan vibrating against the compressor. With big thanks to Nikki, this has been fixed - and it might just be the placebo effect talking here, but my opinion is that this machine is now quieter than I’ve ever heard it! Nikki also redid all the electrical connections to the fan/compressor too, cause they were looking rather old and corroded. We also noticed that the condenser (aka the hot side radiator) is very, very clogged with dust - cleaning this out is definitely on my ToDo list.
(the motor in question, removed from the vending machine, all cleaned/dusted, and a temporary plug fitted for testing purposes. Note to future maintenance people - the fan blades are backwards in this image; the bumpy ridges should go towards the motor)
(in case it’s ever relevant in the future, because it’s almost impossible to see it while it’s installed inside the machine, here’s the motor specs)
We now return you to your regularly scheduled sugar.