Fortunately, while it will affect your fridge, it will only be temporary. In this article, we will discuss what happens when you lay your refrigerator on its side, and what to do before turning it on. Warning: if you plan on not reading the next parts of this article we highly suggest that you do! Refrigerators work by continuously evaporating and condensing a refrigerant gas to produce a cooling effect inside the compartment.
To help the compressor run smoothly, it has specially formulated oils that lubricate and cool the compressor. This oil is what causes issues to the refrigerator when you lay it on its side. When laid sideways, the oil can run off from the compressor to the cooling coils. Since the oil is thick and viscous, it can easily clog up the coils.
If the compressor runs with an improper amount of lubricating oil, it can get damaged and overheat. Moreover, the compressor is supported by brackets that hold it in an upright position.
Ideally, refrigerators should be transported upright to minimize the disturbance of the sealed refrigeration system and to prevent damage to the internal parts. With that said though, it is generally safe to lay a refrigerator on its side provided that you let it rest upright before turning it on. This will allow the oils to flow back down to the compressor. A good rule of thumb to follow is to let the refrigerator rest upright and unplugged for the same amount of time that it was lying on its side.
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All Posts. What Happens When You Lay a Fridge on its Side When a refrigerator is horizontal, the oil from the compressor will start to move out and into the coolant lines, clogging them. Refrigerator Moving Instructions Follow these tips and save yourself some headache whether transporting your refrigerator on its side or standing up. Take out the drawers and shelves, and tape the doors shut. Refrigerator Need Fixing?
The fridge compressor is located at the back bottom of the fridge, and is usually black. Sometimes there is a metal cover which will need to be unscrewed first so you can see what you need to. Inside there is a little motor with a little piston that moves up and down and compresses the refrigerant, which essentially allows your fridge to work.
The little piston, just like the pistons in your car needs to be lubricated by oil or it will get too hot and seize up. Now you will notice that there are little pipes that come out of the compressor. If the non compressible oil ends up in a spot where the compressor tries to compress it, the oil will win and the compressor will break.
No more cold. If the oil goes up one of the pipes this gets a bit trickier. The oil itself can clog the in line filter. Also — the oil has got tiny bits of rust and other crap in it from normal wear and tear of the compressor and other system parts. The older the fridge, the more crap there will be.
One tiny bit of dirt will do that job no problem at all. Getting oil and crap into the DISCHARGE line, then sucking that mixture up and into the system is what kills your fridge, and this would be avoided most of the time, if the fridge were left to sit for a few days at your destination regardless of what side you move it on.
Generally if you leave the fridge off for enough time, the oil and crud will go back to the compressor sump where it belongs. This is probably going to be good enough for most applications, but we can do better than good enough. Some fridge are really easy — when all the pipes come out of one side of the compressor. In that case, the correct side to transport the frdge on is the side where all the pipes do not come out. The discharge line is the pipe leaving the compressor with the smallest diameter , this is a fact of refrigeration.
For your fridge to work — the discharge lines need to have a smaller diameter than the suction lines. Its small but noticeable. You should be able to see the difference by looking at it, and definetly by touching it turn the power off dumb dumb.
Find where the pipe with the smallest diameter leaves the compressor and lay the fridge down on the opposite side. Looking from the front, the correct side is almost always the right hand side left looking from back.
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