Installing The Heater Wire - Step 2 - Electrolux Side by Side Refrigerator Service Manual

Section E- Refrigeration System
5. Install copper bypass tube and replacement
filter-dryer as shown in figure below. Use
45% silver solder for all connections.
6. Drill or pierce three holes in cabinet to hold
clamps. Secure by-pass tube just below
cabinet edge with three clamps and screws
provided.
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When clamped in place the by-pass tube should
NOT touch any plastic lines, such as water lines for
ice makers and/or filters as well as drain lines.
7. Evacuate and recharge refrigeration
system. Refer to serial plate for correct
charge.

Installing The Heater Wire - Step 2

1. Attach Vacuum Pump and hose to one end of Perimeter Hot Tube with an
Adapter and Plastic Sleeve. See Figure 1 on next page.
2. Make a knot in the end of the fiberglass braid that is extended past the end of
the heater wire just a little smaller than the inside diameter of the hot tube.
3. Insert knot on end of braid into open end of Perimeter Hot Tube.
4. With braid inserted, start Vacuum Pump and place your thumb over end of
tube. When good vacuum is obtained, release your thumb and begin
to feed braid into Hot tube. Continue this process until string reaches Plastic
Sleeve.
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Take the time to remove all the bends from the heater (caused from being rolled up) by
pulling the heater and braid through a shop rag with a small amount of silicone on the
rag and laying it in a roll at the open end of the Hot Tube. It will make heater installation
go faster. Using of a good two stage, 5 CFM Vacuum Pump will also make heater
installation go faster.
Cut at filter-drier inlet
Filter Dryer
Perimeter Clamps
Hot Tube
New
Filter Drier
6 3
Cut at weld between
condenser and hot tube
Copper By-Pass Tube
Perimeter
Hot Tube