Can you transport a refrigerator in the lying down position?

24 hours to on the safe side.

In most cases no, the reason they don't want them to be laid down when transporting is because they have oil in the refrigerant lines. When the unit is laid down, the oil pools in pipes and can cause issues if the unit is plugged in immediately after being stood up. In order to reduce the chance of something going wrong, allow it to stand up right for 24 hours before you turn it on.

Gas leaked. Is the lower compartment cooling ??

Lay down a shipping blanket or an old blanket and transport the freezer on it's back.

24 hours

Refrigerators should NOT be transported in horizontal position, but the washing machine should be ok.
Louie Almond

HI,Yes for most refrigerator you do have wait because the oils come out of the compressor so the oil must settle back down.But some refrigerators you do not have to wait if laid on their side, if it was new in box it will say on box "lay this side down" if not better safe then sorry.

You do not want to lay that refrigerator on its side because the refrigerant will leave the compressor and fill the system with liquid refrigerant where it should only be existing in a gaseous state, and if the refrigerator is tilted far enough over or lay-ed onto its side then the refrigerator will have to stand up-right and un-plugged for at least 24 hours before the liquid refrigerant will settle back down where it belongs, and then the refrigerator should actually function again if there was no other damage caused when moving the unit.

Hi,

Yes, you can lay a refrigerator down.... but...
Before you move that thing read this tip about how to lay a refrigerator down so that you will not hurt it...

Moving a Refrigerator What is the best way

heatman101

This link has a lot of good info on that:



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