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Moving a fridge-freezer and switching it back on
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I am moving to a house only a mile away and have a full freezer 
I know that the usual advice is to let a fridge stand for a while before it is switched on a again but I wondered if I could get away with switching it straight back on.. Or just letting it stand for an hour say.
It would really help me out it I could defrost it etc later.

I know that the usual advice is to let a fridge stand for a while before it is switched on a again but I wondered if I could get away with switching it straight back on.. Or just letting it stand for an hour say.
It would really help me out it I could defrost it etc later.
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If it's kept upright there won't be a prob at all, as far as I'm aware, and even if not, for a mile long trip it shouldn't matter - I've done it for much further journeys without a prob. I'm no expert though!
if you keep in upright it'll be fine, though I would leave it to last, empty it, pack food
into boxes and then switch on as soon as at new house and transfer food back in, for
such a short distance things'll be fine.
if you lay it down, it needs 24 hrs before you can use it again.
In the case of our latest Beko (spit) fridge, it had a 30+ mile trip on its side, and once here it was powered in 30 minutes. No issues.
We're moving in 3 weeks...both fridge and freezer will be laid down for the 5 minute trip, carried upstairs, plugged in and powered up straight off. If I'm feeling overcautious I'll put them on a timer delay for maybe an hour, but I doubt it.
I'm sure that the frozen food will be fine put back in the freezer with the door closed until it is switched on.
Thanks again everyone.
To stand more chance of lifting up some stairs and into the back of the van I suppose. Although I'm not doing the lifting