transporting a rv fridge
Does it hurt to lay down a rv fridge to transport it for say an hour?
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
Based on 'band-aid' fix of burping a cooling unit where fridge is removed and turned upside down and/or rolled around in the hopes of fixing a cooling unit blockage........
YES you can lay in down to transport the fridge.
BUT stand it up right for 24 hrs. before turning it ON.
The coolant needs to collect in the absorber tank and have time for ammonia & hydrogen to separate
And the 'band-aid' fix........just that. It might help for a short time but 'burping' it is not a cure. A blocked cooling unit is permanently blocked and will just continue to add to the blockage.
Not so much a "Band Aid" fix, but it will dissolve any ammonia crystals that are stuck in the orifices by turning the refrigerator upside down.
Laying it on it's back will not cause any harm either. Getting it level before turning it on will return the fluids to the boiler, and then it will be safe to use. Waiting overnight is a good idea, but probably not critical.
Most people who have problems with their refrigerators have either a leak (that normally is not cost effective to repair cracks in the tubing) or are not leveling the refrigerator well enough, or running it while driving down the highway at speeds slow enough that the ammonia will not splash out of the evaporator and return to the boiler.
The ammonia can return to a dry state, and then clog the orifices IF the boiler is run dry, or the refrigerator is running while not level. Transporting the refrigerator while not running, it does not care how off level it is.
Fred.
