Cheap Refrigerator question
I'm thinking about buying a cheap refrigerator to replace the junk one in our travel trailer which has been a problem for years. Anyways, Do the engineers who make refrigerators design them to la...
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tewitt1949 wrote:
Dutch....I've been told that you have to leave it unplugged and set several hours after moving, to let dirt etc settle in the freon lines before plugging it in. I think there is a filter in the line so I'm skeptical about that. Do you do that or turn it on right away?
All compressor fridges (and air conditioners, and dehumidifiers, and other compressor cooling units) need to be upright for several hours before turning on if they've been on their side or back or upside down so that the liquid and gas in the system can settle properly and sort itself out. Bouncing around and being several degrees out of kilter is different and is not really a problem; they can operate fine just after (or during) such treatment. Hence, you should usually wait for a good bit after installation, but you don't need to wait after parking in your campsite...unless your RV as a whole was upside down or on its side, I suppose.
