new fridge settling time-who do I believe?

hotcookie101

Hi,
I have just had new samsung american style FF delivered. The delivery guy (currys) told me it needed to sit for 8 hours before switching on, or I would have a broken fridge with no warranty as I had turned it on sooner than manufacturers recommendations.

However-reading the instruction book it says "allow the product to stand for 2 hours after installation"

Who do I believe? If I can switch it on sooner that would be great. What do you reckon ?
Thanks

latecomer

Go with the manufacturers time - they should know best.

Mankysteve

Agreed the manufacture will test these things. 8 hours is the standard recomendation play it safe rule.

ormus

ive always used the 24 hr rule

Plasterer

Its an appliance found in the kitchen right?
Sorry can't help

hotcookie101

Well, I certainly don't have much faith in the delivery guys now-they connected the water pipes (within the fridge-the ones that go from inside fridge into the freezer door for the ice and water) up the wrong way round! D'oh.
its switched on now too (I rang samsung and double checked)

kaya

at the bottom of every fridge you have a big, heavy roundish item called a compressor, the compressor contains oil which is essential for its long life and smooth operation, when people move/deliver a fridge it is tilted backwards or sometimes even laid down, this can sometimes cause the oil to run from the compressor into the pipework you see at the back of your fridge, as the oil is cold and thick it can take an unspecified period of time to drip back down(gravity) into the compressor when the fridge is stood upright again, so there is no specific time period as you dont know how it was stored/transported to you, so i would always opt for 24 hours to be on the safe side (im a qualified fridge engineer), there is no way they could prove you hadnt waited if you decided not to and your fridge compressor broke in the event of a warranty claim though, it would be your word against their's

missprice

kaya wrote: »

at the bottom of every fridge you have a big, heavy roundish item called a compressor, the compressor contains oil which is essential for its long life and smooth operation, when people move/deliver a fridge it is tilted backwards or sometimes even laid down, this can sometimes cause the oil to run from the compressor into the pipework you see at the back of your fridge, as the oil is cold and thick it can take an unspecified period of time to drip back down(gravity) into the compressor when the fridge is stood upright again, so there is no specific time period as you dont know how it was stored/transported to you, so i would always opt for 24 hours to be on the safe side (im a qualified fridge engineer), there is no way they could prove you hadnt waited if you decided not to and your fridge compressor broke in the event of a warranty claim though, it would be your word against their's

Kaya said it perfectly
but it was what i was gonne say too honest!!
have had this rammed down my throat cos fella is engineer type fella:)

mikeandrach_2

i alway state 24 hours, i'm a currys store manager. simple reason is, on a warm day the oil will drip down more quickly than on a cold day. so on a really cold day, or night if delivered in the evening, 2 hours is nowhere near enough. think how thick and lumpy oil can be for your car, its worse in a fridge/freezer and has much narrower pipes to move in than you would think. assuming you want 5, 10, 15 years use of a product, 24 hours is nothing to wait to maximise the potential for it to last. lots of people of course ignore this advice, but i wouldn't. the other issue is when you turn it on too soon, it uses more electricity as more energy is required to move the heavier oil that is in the wrong place around, so it costs you more in both the short and long term