Old Pepsi Machine Compressor

[HOPPEL]

I have and old 70s pepsi machine that the compressor tries to kick on every 30 seconds or so. I put a 3-1 start on it and it does the same thing... Could it be out of freon? Mark

[Chris_Worthington]

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[t527ed]

from here my guess would be no.
never saw a soda machine with a pressure switch.
probably compressor going bad.

[rscamaro]

I have and old 70s pepsi machine that the compressor tries to kick on every 30 seconds or so. I put a 3-1 start on it and it does the same thing... Could it be out of freon? Mark

Generally that set of circumstances ends up being a locked up compressor. A cause of it locking up could be low refrigerant, or dirty coils, or no air flow etc. A compresssor replacement is most likely necessary.

...Ron