unlevel frig not running is it OK?
If frig is not running is there any damage if the frig is not level? What are your thoughts?
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Hi,
If the refrigerator has been off, then it can not become damaged just sitting there.
When the refrigerator is not level and you are running the burner or electric heating element, then the water and ammonia mixture in the boiler leaves and goes towards the evaporator, where it mixes again. If level, it will quickly return to the boiler, driving will also cause it to return. If not level, then it is possible for the boiler to run dry, and the ammonia to return back to a powder. This can clog the orifices inside, and prevent it from working the next time. Just driving around can cause the water to circulate and mix with the ammonia powder and it can start working properly (a 10 mile drive down a favorite road with lots of curves in it will work well).
One Rv. Net member said that at a campground their new refrigerator had quit working, so they shut it off. On the way to the campground, they spent about 45 minutes in slow construction traffic, that was not sloshing the ammonia around, and the boiler went dry. Their question was "We came home, turned it on, and the refrigerator worked perfectly, should we take it in for service?" They actually fixed it on the way home, the ammonia mixed with the water and it started working again once level at home.
Fred.
If the refrigerator has been off, then it can not become damaged just sitting there.
When the refrigerator is not level and you are running the burner or electric heating element, then the water and ammonia mixture in the boiler leaves and goes towards the evaporator, where it mixes again. If level, it will quickly return to the boiler, driving will also cause it to return. If not level, then it is possible for the boiler to run dry, and the ammonia to return back to a powder. This can clog the orifices inside, and prevent it from working the next time. Just driving around can cause the water to circulate and mix with the ammonia powder and it can start working properly (a 10 mile drive down a favorite road with lots of curves in it will work well).
One Rv. Net member said that at a campground their new refrigerator had quit working, so they shut it off. On the way to the campground, they spent about 45 minutes in slow construction traffic, that was not sloshing the ammonia around, and the boiler went dry. Their question was "We came home, turned it on, and the refrigerator worked perfectly, should we take it in for service?" They actually fixed it on the way home, the ammonia mixed with the water and it started working again once level at home.
Fred.
