New Fridge Freezer

[Nickyboy]

Just had my new Fridge Freezer arrive and the guy said to leave it 6 hours before plugging it in, now i know you're not supposed to plug it in straight away but six hours? The manual says just to leave 2-3 hours once plugged in to get to temperature but nothing about when to plug it in.

Anyone know?

[mph999]

I would leave 24 if I were you.

In nutshell, tip fridge over (I transport it) and then turn on without waiting = damaged fridge.

For the sake of a day it eliminates the risk of any damage.

martin

[jas xjr]

when i had off licences we used to be advised to leave them for 24 hours just to be on the safe side.
better be safe than sorry.

[Nickyboy]

I did think it was something to do with the transportation, got the old one running still so no problem

Ta muchly

[jas xjr]

get the new one into the position / location you want ,then wait before you turn it on.

[marshalla]

You need to let the refrigerant settle again after it has been sloshing around in the cooling circuit. If you don't, you run a small risk of the compressor not having enough gas/liquid to work with. (I think)

[simba1]

I thought it's about fridge freezer you put in a computer or the other way round. Anyway, i just plug them straight in, reason be, I have 12 months warranty and if they are Ok for 1 year, they didn't suffer any damage.

[Man-At-Arms]

simba1 said:

I thought it's about fridge freezer you put in a computer or the other way round.

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Edited by Man-At-Arms on Sunday 31st January 19:09

[leorest]

I think the most sensible thing to do is to switch it on the morning after delivery.
Remember that when you first switch it on the drop in temperature will create a vacuum inside making it impossible to open the door until the pressure equalises a few hours later.