can you lay a fridge freezer on it side?

leb2005

I have just brought a second hand fridge freezer
can it be layed in its side while i transport to my new flat?
i dont have a van so was going to use my car

Ed_86

As i have always understood it they can be transported fine on the side, but let them stand back in the vertical position for about 12 hours before you turn it on.
HTH

Poppycat

We just got a new freezer and we were told not to turn it on for 4 hours due to letting the gas settle

leb2005

thank you, i will leave it for 12 hours too!

kr15snw

Was always told to tell customers to leave it 24 hours to settle (when working at an electrical retailer)

demented_2

leb2005 wrote: »

I have just brought a second hand fridge freezer
can it be layed in its side while i transport to my new flat?
i dont have a van so was going to use my car

Hi I asked this question a couple of years ago and the answer was that you can lay it down or rather transport it on its side, then you must leave it in its standing up position for 24hrs to allow the gas to settle. We did that and have had no trouble whatso ever. The second hand freezer is still going strong. " Well it was 5 mins ago".

ormus

ive always used the 24 hrs rule.

Poppycat

Well thats what I was told by the Currys delivery driver and it said in the instruction book. It was a frost free freezer

jennifernil

Apparently there is one side that it is better to lay it on, something to do with the compressor/ how the pipes run, but I can't remember which side that is! I saw it somewhere on the web.

I found it , it was on Fridge Doctor, you should lay it with the "suction line" pointing down. The suction line is the largest diameter pipe coming out of the compressor.