Should my Fridge settle?

There are lots of myths surrounding moving your fridge and then waiting for several hours before you switch it on, and some even say that your fridge may explode, we thought we would cover a few basics about moving your fridge and why it is recommended to leave it for a few hours to settle before you actually plug it in and switch it on.

The real reason that you need to leave your fridge to settle is that inside the internal parts of your fridge there is oil present, which is actually compressor oil, the purpose of the oil being to lubricate certain parts and also to act as a coolant for any parts that may get hot, and without the oil your fridge would break rather quickly.

In addition if oil did move around it may cause the compressor itself to have too little oil in the compressor, and by allowing the fridge to settle you are assured that the oil flows back to the compressor itself.

When you have moved your fridge the recommendation would be to let your fridge settle properly, this is to ensure that any oil in the system settles and do not cause blockages of the system, this time to settle is normally contained in the manufacturers manual, which nobody reads :), and can be as short as 2 hours and as long as 24 hours, the longer you leave your fridge to settle the better chance you have of not having oil blockages.

The above advice is even more critical if you transported your fridge on its side, which you should try to avoid at all costs as the internal parts of the fridge could be damaged if transported on its side.

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