Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Compressors – Household
A single cylinder refrigeration compressor of early mid 20th century vintage, with “Moffat Ltd” embossed on the head. Crafted after the clean lines of the “Chieftain” compressor, Tecumseh Products Co., with 11-inch flywheel in red, over painted in black. its genealogy is uncertain. A reminder of the proliferation of compressor manufacturers, near manufacturers and models that flooded the market for small, FHP, open system refrigeration compressors in the 1940, prior to the wide spread adoption of the hermetically sealed motor compressor assembly, “Moffat Ltd” 1945.
