Foster 2 Door Gastronorm

[Abe]

Ever tried changing evap motors on this cabinet.

Unlike the Williams, in which you simply remove two bolts lifting off top cover, the Foster evap section is boxed in. Access is from within the cabinet.

Fans are ring mounted , anyone have any tips how to change these..........Looks very daunting to me.

Please help.

Also, the small indicator light on the controller is lit , saying power to both evap fans. I can only assume one fan motor failed, was left in situ, unreplaced..........and second one gave way.

Even with both fans off, cabinet temp was still around 12C

Thx

[Andy W]

Fans are not difficult to replace...........now to replace the evaporator complete with tails from inside the cabinet partucularly on the single door cabinet is a little bit tricky to say the least.

[thebigcheese]

When U Get Down To Changing It They Actuly Arent That Bad, Have U Got Door Switches?

[Abe]

No door switches. Im just thinking. On the ring mount how will I unscrew the screws when there is hardly any space to get my screwdriver into the void?

I can use a screwdriver with a 90 degree bended shaft, but its going to be a pain.

Added to it, the cab is in a Chinese take away and is covered in that sticky grease

[bernard]

Hi Abe

I,m pretty sure there is some butterfly nuts tucked up inside,then the fan plate drops down.


Regards Bernard

[slingblade]

No door switches. Im just thinking. On the ring mount how will I unscrew the screws when there is hardly any space to get my screwdriver into the void?

I can use a screwdriver with a 90 degree bended shaft, but its going to be a pain.

Added to it, the cab is in a Chinese take away and is covered in that sticky grease

I think your on your own with that one bud. one answer to a stubby screwdriver is a 1/4 drive ratchet with a pozi bit in a socket. i have not done a foster for a long while but i think there should be a way to drop the fan plate in full.

[Andy W]

Bernard is right, 2 x butterfly nuts to remove, and the plate holding the ring mounted fan then drops, you then have to remove or reroute the probes for the temp and termination depending on how they pass through the plate, the drain pipe also has to be removed, take care if an internal drain line line heater is fitted, I usually pull the heater back from the drain pan by the compressor.

[Abe]

I hate Foster............

But, Ill see how I get on tomorrow
Thx for all your help

[Andy W]

I hate Foster............

Foster are absolute rubbish, have always been overpriced (blame british labour costs) and the quality of the copper namely the evaporator coils and vapourisers have always been poor, I have had vaporisers fail in inly 16 months............why?

[r600a-bang]

Foster are absolute rubbish, have always been overpriced (blame british labour costs) and the quality of the copper namely the evaporator coils and vapourisers have always been poor, I have had vaporisers fail in inly 16 months............why?

yep fosters are rubbish, and williams are great!

[leftjobrunning]

I love Williams
On a service call when I see a Williams, I am delighted
When I see a Foster, my heart drops......

Surely dripping with sarcasm. If not, I'm getting worried about you!

[andyh]

If you think foster cabinets are bad you want to work on counterline. Give me a foster anyday!

[bernard]

Hi

I don,t have much of of a problem with any of these units,Its their location and the way they are stocked that causes the problems.Whenever possible I try to repair on first visit no matter how busy I am.Every compressor change comes with a new condensor fan motor, condensor wash and drier change.It does pay to do this.

William has a trim heater around the lid of the evap box which goes down to earth quite often,disconnecting this does not seem to cause much of a problem.

Regards Bernard

[javeedsalam]

hello to all

this is javeed and iam from india working as refrigeration engineer


i hope people here can help me by giving me there suggestions.


best regards