On Apr 12, 11:18*pm, micky wrote:
On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:59:49 +0000, nestork

wrote:

I expect that warning to never turn the fridge on it's side is just
because it's small enough to fit on a large shelf or counter top, and so
people might be thinking that they can have it operating on it's side.
That warning is there just to keep the manufacturer out of court.

Still, I'd call the manufacturer's 1-800 customer service phone number
on this one. *Most likely they'll say it's OK provided you turn it
upright for a few hours before plugging it in. *(People often leave it
for a day, but that's entirely unnecessary.) *No appliance manufacturer
in either the US or China would make a fridge that could be permanently
damaged by merely laying the fridge down on it's side.

What about what Stormin' said? *It's not just that it was on its side,
but that that allowed oil to get into the compressor and then the
compressor was run with oil in it, oil that can't be compressed.

The time it would have to stand upright is the time it takes for the
oil to get back to the bottom,.....

That assumes that the oil will in fact run back away from
where it doesn't belong. Depending on the design, that may not
happen.