Knocking out the barrier between fridge and freezer?

I have a fridge freezer combo that I am going to convert to a serving fridge. I have done this with an old fridge before but decided to upgrade when I moved because it was really old and crapping out.

Question: What will happen if I cut out the majority of the barrier between the fridge and freezer? I'm concerned about everything freezing, or over/under using the refrigeration unit.

Why: 2 reasons, first I really want my taps at a reasonable height, second, I really think the extra height would reduce the clutter of beer and gas lines and make everything easier to manage.

Notes: I really don't want to use a secondary temp controller, will the fridge's temp controller work ok?

The Fridge I Have: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5ZSGtMB-F0

Topic projects help serving temperature-control homebrew

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I have a friend that told me he did this in college. I didnt believe him when he told be. But on reflection, I think if you turned the freezer portion off, the refridgerator would keep the entire space cold, but may have to work harder to do so.

I would be very interested to hear how it worked out :)

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I don't think that this is going to work very well, stripping out the barrier between the freezer and the refrigerator. Any number of things could happen:

  • You risk damaging the refrigerant lines that may pass between or go around the freezer portion,
  • Unless you can disable the freezer, you may find it working extra hard to try and maintain the thermostat temperature of the freezer area, which could possibly result in damaging the freezer components,
  • Could end up with additional and unwanted condensation within the main part of your refrigerator.

Unless you know for certain what will happen, I'd suggest using your freezer space for storing hops or other things more appropriate. And like @mdma said, this is probably more appropriate in a hacking forum of sorts for appliances.

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