Transporting Refrigerators: Can They Be Lying Down or Must They Stand Upright?

I am asking if it is possible to transport lying refrigerators? because I heard that it should be transported standing. Regards, JACEK

yes! it's true standing up!

Necessarily standing, but slight tilts shouldn't hurt, at least they didn't hurt my refrigerator.

Thanks for the advice because I already wanted to put the refrigerator in the car, but I can see that it is not a good idea thanks to Mr. JACEK

It shouldn't be, but you can. For example, there is a note on the plug from the Amica refrigerator that when it was transported lying down, it must be left an hour before it is turned on.
So as you can see you can, but you have to give her a little character before you turn it on. It is best to let it stand for a few hours.

Yes, but not every refrigerator can be transported on a lying, standing, it is permissible to have a 45 ° slope

If the refrigerator was tilted more than 45 °, wait 2 hours after placing it in its final position and you can turn it on.
Kisses

You can transport the refrigerator lying down. Preferably on the right side
(looking at the door). The point is for the oil to pour into the suction tube,
not crowded. Attention! Very rarely, but I have seen ice. where the tubes
were derived the other way around.
After such transport, I suggest you turn it on only on the next day.

each refrigerator can be transported on the person lying on it, transporting such equipment, I put it on the door and it never happened to me that there was any damage

Hello

According to the rules, refrigerators should not be tilted above 45 degrees. From my many years of experience it appears that a large number of refrigerators transported in this way then goes to the service with damaged compressors (broken suspension or damaged valves). If you have to move to the bed lying down, wait at least 12 hours for the oil to drain thoroughly.

Refrigerators should not be transported lying down !! See the symbols on the packaging !!

Only standing up because otherwise Freon would have poured out if it was lying on its side!

hello, it is better not to transport the refrigerator so that it does not fall, i.e. with your head

wolfbit wrote:

Only standing up because otherwise Freon would have poured out if it was lying on its side!

And where can it spill? can be transported, look at the position of the terminals on the compressor (suction and discharge), place it in such a way that the oil does not pour into the pipes, usually on the door. If it is possible to transport vertically, I advise you to do so.

As far as I know, it is forbidden to transport only absorption chillers lying down - while the compressor ones can.

Hello.

As there are a few less experienced colleagues here, I will try to present all the bad points of transporting a refrigerator lying down.

1) There is oil in the compressor. During operation, it is lubricated with oil mist. When we transport it lying down (especially on the back), the oil can flow into the pipes at the back of the compressor and when it is turned on for the first time, it can damage the valves. Of course, if the equipment stays its own, there is a good chance that it will run off and nothing will happen.

2) The pump itself is suspended on springs inside the compressor housing, and additionally the gas is led to it by means of corrugated pipes. When it rides on its side, these elements are heavily loaded and they can break.

3) The compressor itself has rubber feet. There were cases that during shocks, the socket at the baniak could break.

Therefore, it is never advisable to keep this equipment lying down.

I do not know what for casper_asiulek dug up this topic, because for these 25 days piorun4u must have transported the refrigerator a long time ago

I dug up this topic to read what people have ideas and what other degrees of inclination I come up with for transporting refrigerators aaaa and someone else wrote freon above it will pour out hmm freon is a gas dear man and the point here is that the oil that is in the compressor does not get into the system and this is the thing

Our colleague casper_asiulek plays the provocateur for us
And I was trying to answer that seriously

XAX say quite a lot about it and he was right, it is not advisable to lay it on the side, but if you have no other choice, the safest thing is to transport it to the door. Then there is the least risk of damaging the refrigerator

Hello, there are many reasons in the fact that refrigerators cannot be put down, but if there is a need, there is no problem to transport the refrigerator horizontally. You just have to remember that the totem should be standing vertically at least 12 hours. I do not require myself to repair any art clogged with oil or with a broken pressure, after such an operation. so knows no fear.
GREETINGS

should be transported standing, as already mentioned about the compressor, best if the equipment is transported under it, place a shell around 15 cm to reduce vibrations and remove all glass and plastic shelves

Can be at an angle of up to 45 degrees

It is a fact that it can be tilted and transported at an angle of 45 degrees.

can be transported lying down, but it is necessary to wait until it is attached

A 45 degree slope is acceptable

elektronik321 wrote:

A 45 degree slope is acceptable

it has already been said about 3 times :

caro wrote:

You can at an angle of up to 45 degrees

ZAHYR wrote:

Yes, but not every refrigerator can be transported on a lying, standing, it is permissible to have a 45 ° slope

porabka wrote:

If the refrigerator was tilted more than 45 °, wait 2 hours after placing it in its final position and you can turn it on.
Kisses

electronics321 Be careful because you might be treated as a point accumulator with hopeless posts

I have read such nonsense here about refrigerators, I have not experienced such nonsense anywhere. One repeats the nonsense of the other without bringing anything to the matter. EVERY refrigerator can be transported on a lying, only one condition: it MUST be placed on the side of the compressor. My dear, this transport is about ONLY oil (and possibly where and sometimes it can mix) and not any freons (not used anymore - isobutanes are currently used). The compressor is filled with oil, which fulfills the insulating and cooling function , and lubricating. This oil shouldn't come back into circulation. Circulation cannot be accessed only when the machine is standing or tilted at a slight angle, or is lying on the EXTRA side of the compressor. Why on the discharge side? Well, because on the discharge side, the conduit does not come out of the tank but from the compressor head and therefore the oil cannot spill out. If someone does not agree with it, let them cut up any unit in the refrigerator and see how it is built and when, if necessary, oil may come out. It is possible only on the suction side, therefore manufacturers do not recommend tilting the refrigerators more than 45 degrees because they assume that the normal user does not know where the suction side is and where the discharge side is.
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of course, you can lie down in the position only after transporting the production, they say that it should stand for about 20-24 hours in a vertical position before turning on the unit