Approximately how long to stand a fridge/freezer unit before plugging it in?
Had to tilt it over to almost horizontal on several occasions to move it.

Marcus

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:02:45 GMT, "Marcus Fox"
wrote:

Approximately how long to stand a fridge/freezer unit before plugging it in?
Had to tilt it over to almost horizontal on several occasions to move it.

Marcus



The normal recommendation from manufacturers is 24 hours to allow the
lubricating oil to settle out.


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Andy Hall writes:
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:02:45 GMT, "Marcus Fox"
wrote:

Approximately how long to stand a fridge/freezer unit before plugging it in?
Had to tilt it over to almost horizontal on several occasions to move it.

The normal recommendation from manufacturers is 24 hours to allow the
lubricating oil to settle out.

That's assuming it wasn't tilted much.

I left a freezer standing for 3 days after having tilted it
horizontal, but it still destroyed itself when it was switched
on. I spoke with a Hotpoint engineer afterwards, and his
comment was that they should never be tilted that much,
but if you have, probably the best chance of recovery is
to switch it on for only 1 minute every 10 minutes for the
first hour or two, keeping door open so it doesn't get cold.

I suspect a freezer is more likely to wreck itself in these
circumstances than a fridge though.

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Andy Hall wrote:
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:02:45 GMT, "Marcus Fox"
wrote:
Approximately how long to stand a fridge/freezer unit before
plugging it in? Had to tilt it over to almost horizontal on several
occasions to move it.
The normal recommendation from manufacturers is 24 hours to allow the
lubricating oil to settle out.


Thought it was for the refrigirant to "settle out" rather than
lubricating oil.

Two hours, if it has been moved but kept relatively upright (so says
removal men) two days if it has just been delivered (as you (TINY) don't
know how much it was tilted (don't know where I got that figure from may
well have been from delivery men) as in "dinnae run that for a couple
o'days son,it might break otherwise" , have no idea what the
recommendations are if the unit has been "over tilted"
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soup wrote:

Thought it was for the refrigirant to "settle out" rather than
lubricating oil.

No, it's the oil that really matters. The oil is actually mixed with the
refrigerant, so when you tilt a fridge the oil can travel all the way
along the heat exchanger. That's why it can take a long time to settle.


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Grunff

Grunff wrote:
soup wrote:
Thought it was for the refrigirant to "settle out" rather than
lubricating oil.
No, it's the oil that really matters. The oil is actually mixed with
the refrigerant, so when you tilt a fridge the oil can travel all the
way along the heat exchanger. That's why it can take a long time to
settle.

Ah right, so it is the oil within the refrigerant, that is used for
lubrication, that has to "settle"?
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soup wrote:

Ah right, so it is the oil within the refrigerant, that is used for
lubrication, that has to "settle"?


Yes.


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soup wrote:

Ah right, so it is the oil within the refrigerant, that is used for
lubrication, that has to "settle"?

My AEG fridge and freezer say leave for 2 hours after moving in a horizontal
position to allow oil to settle to bottom.

My AEG fridge and freezer say leave for 2 hours after moving in a
horizontal
position to allow oil to settle to bottom.

Assuming I don't have the luxury of letting it stand for many hours, I
always use a regime of turning on for short periods, making the periods
longer and longer until left on permanently.

I start by turning it on for 20 seconds in every five minutes, until an hour
later it has progressed onto 5 minutes on, 5 minutes off. Then I leave it
on. I have not lost a freezer yet.

Christian.

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:38:18 -0000, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:

My AEG fridge and freezer say leave for 2 hours after moving in a
horizontal
position to allow oil to settle to bottom.

Assuming I don't have the luxury of letting it stand for many hours, I
always use a regime of turning on for short periods, making the periods
longer and longer until left on permanently.

I start by turning it on for 20 seconds in every five minutes, until an hour
later it has progressed onto 5 minutes on, 5 minutes off. Then I leave it
on. I have not lost a freezer yet.

Christian.



They are a bit big to do that, Christian :-)


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