Nuances of transportation: how to transport the refrigerator

One of the challenges of moving is to solve the problem of whether to transport the refrigerator lying down. Despite its impressive size, it is a very vulnerable device.

When a new thing is acquired, such complexity does not arise before the future owners, because the trading companies themselves deliver bulky household appliances. This is done by specially trained staff who know: how to get the equipment properly; how to carry it up the flights of stairs so as not to drop or hit; how to bring into the apartment and turn around with a bulky thing in a narrow corridor.

In addition, all equipment is rigidly fixed in the package using foam pads, and the transport used for transportation is equipped with appropriate fixings that fix the boxes.

During the move, many owners have to decide on how to properly transport the refrigerator,because not everyone has the opportunity to use the services of professional movers and equipped car.

Transportation

The refrigerator can be transported if it is properly prepared. A series of consecutive simple events will allow transportation, keeping the equipment in excellent condition:

1. The refrigerator is de-energized and completely unload, pulling out from it not only the products, but also all the shelves and drawers.
2. Internal chambers after defrosting wipe dry.
3. Internal equipment is packaged separately, shifting paper. Glass shelves, for which soft cushioning pads are used, require particular care.
4. The doors of all chambers of the refrigerator are closed and securely fixed with twine or tape, each in at least 2 places.
5. Outside, the device is better to overlay the foam or cardboard, which is fixed with tape or twine, protecting the surface from scratches. If it was not possible to find the wrapping material on the entire surface of the device, it is necessary to protect at least the outer corners.

General transportation rules

Manufacturers unequivocally declare that the refrigerator in the car should stand, and not lie. Transporting a refrigerator while lying down is not recommended for reasons related to the device of a compressor that contains oil that can flow into a heat exchanger when transporting a refrigerator in a recumbent position. The device is mounted vertically in the vehicle's van, fixed with fasteners and struts so that it does not fall during sudden braking.

Otherwise, instead of the product cooler, a non-functioning box can be taken to the destination.

But it does not always go as the rules require. The main problem arising from the owners of modern equipment is a bulky appliance with a height of more than 2 m and a low car van in which it would not be possible to transport the refrigerator while standing at will. This is where the question arises - how to transport the refrigerator in a horizontal position, if it does not work out differently? To address this issue should consider the relevant recommendations that still exist for such cases. When there is no other choice, and the refrigerator will have to put.

Transportation of the refrigerator in a horizontal position

Understanding why it is impossible to transport a refrigerator lying, experts believe that it is still possible to transport a refrigerator in a horizontal position. However, only with the observance of certain requirements that have been developed in accordance with its internal structure and in the event that the appliance will have to lie no more than half an hour.

If transportation involves long distances, and the refrigerator will have to lie down for a long time, you should find a suitable transport. Before you take out the refrigerator with the suspension on the springs from the apartment, you need to tighten the transport bolts. When going down from the floor or going upstairs, carrying the refrigerator vertically will not work, it will have to be tilted in any case. Despite the direction of movement, it must be oriented with its feet (bottom) down.

In order not to damage the surface of the refrigerator, the bottom of the van should be covered with a thick blanket, foam or several layers of soft cardboard.

The refrigerator, laid on such a substrate, is well fixed, so that in moments when the car slows down or starts moving, the appliance does not drive across the floor of the van. The device is laid only on its side. Neither on the back wall, nor on the door it can not be put.In this case, you first need to inspect the cooling system located at the rear. And put the device in such a way that the tube (the refrigerant circulating during operation leaves the compressor) is directed upwards.

As a rule, this side coincides with the side on which the door hinges are located. With this arrangement, the oil will flow into the return part of the circuit, and after installing the unit, it will vertically flow back into the compressor. If it flows out in the direction of the refrigerant, after switching on the compressor it will be pushed even further and clogs the capillary tube.

In this case, the piston system of the motor will have to work with considerable effort, which sooner or later will lead to damage.

You can determine the desired direction of the tube while the refrigerator is running: if you touch the tubes next to the compressor, the right one will be hot (assuming that the refrigerator has worked for at least a quarter of an hour after being plugged in)

Turn on the device in the network

Now it is clear whether it is possible to transport a refrigerator lying on its side, and how far it can stand in this position. We still need to clarify how much you can turn on the refrigerator after transportation,because haste may lead to equipment failure. It takes some time for the oil to return to the compressor. The duration of settling after transportation is usually specified by the manufacturer in the documentation. If the equipment passport is lost, you should know that the time of switching on the refrigerator after delivery depends on several factors, the main factors of which are the position of the device during transportation and the air temperature outside:

1. If the transportation was carried out in a vertical position and it is warm outside, the device suffices to stand for 2 hours, and during the cold season this time increases by 2 times.
2. After horizontal transportation, it takes at least 8 hours for the oil to return to the site during the warm season and at least 12 hours in winter.

For transportation of the refrigerator should be prepared carefully, and handle it with great care at any stage of transportation. Its working capacity and the term of the subsequent operation depends on it.