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I have had the same problem where my little 40l Primus 12v fridge (That I stupidly didn't tie down) got bounced on its side and luckily the cigarette lighter type plug pulled from the battery pack.
I just left it sitting upright for a couple of hours so that it and the beer could settle down then plugged it in again.
That was a couple of years ago and I haven't had a problem with the fridge since So it obviously didn't do it too much harm.
Hopefully your fridge will recover as well.
Could you extend pipes/wiring and rotate or remote locate the compressor ?
OK, now that everyone appears to be adequately confused (my bad), I better provide the story to go with it now.... ;)
In the County, we've really sorted out the rear storage with shelves we custom built, etc. We left a space perfect for our specific fridge which was awesome until I realised there is air vents on 3 sides, not 2 and I had blocked a critical one and the fridge overheated. So now something has to change. SWMBO is convinced we need an upright fridge and it really should have draws. Of course all upright fridges don't fit the space we've left and they don't come with draws. SO, I thought.....you know what fridge fits perfectly in the space we have? Our current fridge! lol It could be put on its end and the door would swing open just like an upright. Putting in shelves or draws is probably easier than rearranging the whole rear storage stuff.
And so that is why I'm asking.... :)
Apart from maybe actually running our fridge on its side, I'm also curious as to what the technical limitation is?! Or is it all just a myth?
I reckon you're either buying a smaller fridge, or modifying your storage area so the existing one can breathe ;)
Like the creative thinking though !!
Steve
of course upright engals have drawers,,,
and the door opening swaps sides and you can rearrange the inside drawers to suit,,
is 90L and the best thing we've ever bought..
Love a bit of innovation. :D :D
drawers or shelves?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift
Slightly different justin, but i have a friend who has a 250v upright bar fridge that been made to look like and old timber chest with old fence pailings, this now lays on its back and works fine.
Have a chat to the caravan people as I am pretty sure that there are small upright (Bar Fridges) 12v fridges Or you could use a conventional 240v bar fridge in conjunction with an inverter.
The 240v option with the inverter would chew heaps of 12v power though.
Conversely you could explain to SWMBO that with the side opening type fridge all the cold drops out when the door is opened where with the conventional 12v units that open up at the top it doesn't and her wine will be better Chilled in a conventional 12v unit [bigsmile]
When we go away Bush I run a 40l unit as a freezer -10C and an 80l unit as a fridge -2C.
To assist in keeping the units cool I run the rear aircon and that seems to help a fair bit.
both,, bottom drawer, shelves then freezer,,Quote:
Originally Posted by Ranga
and no, nothing falls over on the shelves, and at 3A per hour who cares how many times you open the door? ;)