I have a fairly new apartment refrigerator that I want to convert for beer formation and storage. It has room for at least 2 small 5 gal. kegs, but also has a freezing unit. My question can the freezing unit be removed and will the unit refrigerator still cool.
Ed Meyer
Even apartment-sized, almost all upright refrigerators have the condenser in the freezer portion and use fans (or just convection) to vent cold air into the refrigerator portion for cooling. If the coolant lines are in the freezer itself you could probably cut out the structure separating the freezer and fridge without doing any harm.
I think you mean the evaporator, the condenser coil is in the mechanical alcove with the compressor.
No, it cannot be done on a standard compressor based refrigeration system. The freezer section is the actual source of cooling. So without it, well…
Oops, you are correct.