I need to move an upright freezer. The only available vehicle to acomplish
this is a van, so I would have to lay the freezer down. Is this OK

Seems like I remeber this being a no no.

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"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin

In article , Stan Brown wrote:
I need to move an upright freezer. The only available vehicle to acomplish
this is a van, so I would have to lay the freezer down. Is this OK

Seems like I remeber this being a no no.

The problem with laying it down is that the oil runs out of the compressor
while it's on its back. As long as it stands upright long enough for the oil
to run back where it belongs, you won't harm it. So go ahead and move it lying
down. Then leave it standing up for 24 hours before you plug it in. It'll be
OK.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

In t (Doug Miller) writes:

In article , Stan Brown wrote:
I need to move an upright freezer. The only available vehicle to acomplish
this is a van, so I would have to lay the freezer down. Is this OK

Seems like I remeber this being a no no.

The problem with laying it down is that the oil runs out of the compressor
while it's on its back. As long as it stands upright long enough for the oil
to run back where it belongs, you won't harm it. So go ahead and move it lying
down. Then leave it standing up for 24 hours before you plug it in. It'll be
OK.

Thanks, that is very helpful.

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"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:41:29 +0000 (UTC) from Stan Brown
:

I don't have anything useful to add, but this is he first time in 18
years of Usenet that I remember meeting another Stan Brown. Zounds!

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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/