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They can be laid down , but need to be stood upright for several hours after before starting . Has to do with the oil in the refrigerant . Dusty
Odd , I've stood on a loading dock and watched refrigerators being unloaded , they were stacked in the trailer on their sides . Dusty
I heard of 1 customer who bought a small chest freezer, put it in the bed of their PU but didn't tie it down............... .on the way home a semi-truck driving the other way drove by them on the 2 lane road and the wind turbulence literally lifted their new freezer up, out of their PU bed and you know what happened to it from that point. Live and learn.
I'm a qualified refrigeration tech who has replaced many compressors in them + anything else they ever needed. Anyone who tells you you don't need to keep a refrigerator upright when moving is ignorant.The oil in a compressor is at the bottom of it. If you lay it on it's side the oil is going to migrate into either the low side or high side sealed lines it's attached to. Like your car engine this is never supposed to happen. If the high side(smallest) line get's plugged up with oil you then have a complete restriction which means the compressor oil is not where it's supposed to be to lubricate and you then have a blockage of Freon wich means your compressor(pump that circulates the freon) is plugged up and you will get an increase in pressure until either the system fails or it will cost you more $ than you are willing to pay to clear the blockage. Your sealed system will have to be evacuated, need a new drier and will take 3-4 hours. Now if someone is stupid enough to lay a refer/freezer on it's side and after setting it upright again, waits 1 hour before turning it on, they MAY get lucky and have it still operable. The other thing is your compressor inside is suspended on springs that are never supposed to be leaned horizontal. If they are the compressor inside the shell looses it's alignment on the springs and from that point on when the compressor turns off, you will here it clunk against the shell since it's no longer suspended properly inside. Sooner or later you compressor will die from this alone. So gingerly move your refer/freezer or you will be shortening it's life span.
No tailgate, but a 1 inch tie down strap across the back. .... that sucker blew through the strap and did a twisting one and a half.. You can't fix stupid..
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