residential refrigerator upgrade question

The "give them a few hours after laying flat" is the only suggestion I've ever heard of. Going on 18 months with a Magic Chef fridge in the coach and no problems.

tewitt1949 wrote:
Do you turn it on right away when you park? Or is it on while traveling?

I have not run my refer on the inverter yet. I wanted to make the trip as uneventful as possible. Generally I ran the generator every four hours on the road and often more do to the heat of the day. The highest I ever say it get was 40. It cools incredibly fast and if not careful will freeze things.

The freezer side never rose above 30. Makes plenty of ice too.

My residential refrig has been plugged in for over a year and 10,000 miles now.
Bill

Terry
I don't know who told you that garbage but that is all wrong
Pull into camp , plug in, good to go, no problems

I have heard that if it has been laying flat for transport
It should be allow to stand for while to let the oil that belongs in the compressor, drain out of the cooling lines and back into the compressor

The compressor motors run in an oil bath
That can get into the cooling lines if the fridge is laid over on its side

Put upright travel has no bad effects on a residential fridge
I had one for seven years before changing RVs

I installed a GE residential frig May of 17'. Of course it is ON all the time being installed in a MH(operated by an Inverter). Does the instructions say anything specifically about a/the frig being switched off and back on...or does it just state that it should not be operating when traveling due to the vibration?

Do you turn it on right away when you park? Or is it on while traveling?

Just put over 8K miles on our residential I just changed myself. From Florida to Ca and back. Lots of rough roads. It works great.

Hopefully you will read and follow the manufacturer’s instructions rather doing or not doing what you...heard and they said.