[Shop-talk] To kill a refrigerator

[Randall]

> There is a old refrigerator (from the 70's) that is still 
> running.  You want to take it out and render it useless.  You 
> don't have lots of time, and you can't leave any trace.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> (I was thinking of something to spray on the motor bearings 
> to seize them, but I don't know what to use.)

The bearings won't be exposed (unless you mean 1870's).  Probably the
easiest is to just puncture the system so the R12 leaks out ... although
that's a shame both from an environmental point of view and because it's
probably got $30 worth of R12 in it.

Randall