Ok to run refer at an angle if on electricity?

Vintage465 wrote:
Well, after working in an RV shop for many years in the 70'(all the 70's!), I have pulled out many refrigerators that were run off level and turned them over on their head for 24 hrs. then put them back in and they work. The new ones don't seem to be as finicky about locking up as the older ones were. Even with the new one, I level it when I camp and darn close if I'm just parking to go into the store. It just costs to much not to take two or three minutes to either level it....or shut it off when you go in the store for something....Sorry, old school...no problem

I have/current been working on RV refers since 1979. You CANNOT think that what you knew 40 years ago is the same today. I CAN tell you that current Cooling units changed slightly in the early 80's both Norcold and Dometic. The SIBIR and Instamatic brands you were probably dealing with, went out of business in the 1979 thru 1982 years. What you call placing on their top(burping) NEVER EVER fixed a partially or fully blocked refer. That just rearranges the Ammonia and the refer will work for a time but eventually get blocked and stop working once the ammonia blocks up again. The design has not changed in over 120 years. OFF LEVEL will cause a blockage. How bad is how long and out of level. The old Instamatic refers had to be almost perfectly level for the operation less than that 3 and 6 stated here. Sibir was exclusive to Winne/Itasca products as far as I know. Doug