I'm moving a chest freezer to another house about 10 miles away. The
problem is that it will not fit upright into my hatchback. It would
fit if placed on its side.

I've been told that I must keep it upright at all costs. True?

[There is no food in it and it has been unused (power off) for two
years. Dunno if that has any bearing.]

TIA,

Jon C.

Seem to remeber when I bought a Zanussi fridge freezer to leave it upright,
after moving, for two hours. Sold it to a friend who had to lay it flat to
move it and it still works.

Cheers
Jonathan

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(Jonathan G Campbell) writes:
I'm moving a chest freezer to another house about 10 miles away. The
problem is that it will not fit upright into my hatchback. It would
fit if placed on its side.

I've been told that I must keep it upright at all costs. True?

In my experience, yes.
Even after shaking it around, most instructions say leave it
standing for a day before switching on. I turned one on its
side for half a day and then left it standing upright for
many days, but compressor burned out within 20 minutes of so
of being switched on.

Hotpoint (and someone here) suggested that it might have been
recoverable if I had run it for perhaps only 30 seconds every
10 mintues over a day. However, I'd already damaged it past
that point.

--
Andrew Gabriel

(Jonathan G Campbell) wrote in
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I'm moving a chest freezer to another house about 10 miles away. The
problem is that it will not fit upright into my hatchback. It would
fit if placed on its side.

I've been told that I must keep it upright at all costs. True?

[There is no food in it and it has been unused (power off) for two
years. Dunno if that has any bearing.]

TIA,

Jon C.

I've moved two in the last few months with no problem and both were laid on
their sides. I thought the only think was to stand them for a while to
allow the coolant to settle back into the compressor. I plugged one back in
within 20 minutes of unloading it and had no problems. Dunno if the
instructions say keep upright because I've not got them!

--
Danny Monaghan

To email me, put the LIGHT out!

I'm moving a chest freezer to another house about 10 miles away.
The problem is that it will not fit upright into my hatchback.
It would fit if placed on its side.

If it is of little value, so not worth transporting by other means and you
won't be too disappointed if it is broken:

1. Lay sheets under it in case of leaks.
2. Move it.
3. Stand it upright for 2 days in its final position.
4. Turn it on for 30 seconds. Turn it off for 15 minutes.
5. Repeat (3) about ten times, very slightly increasing the "on" time each
time until you leave it on permanently.

This process will hopefully separate the lubricating oil from the
refridgerant before the compressor burns out. Note the word "hopefully".

Christian.

(Jonathan G Campbell) wrote in message om...
I'm moving a chest freezer to another house about 10 miles away. The
problem is that it will not fit upright into my hatchback. It would
fit if placed on its side.

I've been told that I must keep it upright at all costs. True?

Many thanks all. I decided to play safe and kept it upright. It is now
in it's new home via a Mercedes A170 -- it's amazing what you can get
into one of those, especially through the rear passenger doors.

Jon C.