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Thread Number: 90223
/ Tag: Refrigerators
Moving a '49 Westinghouse |
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| Post# 1147982 , Reply# 1 5/4/2022 at 11:41 (721 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
I have a 1948 GE combination, and when I moved it to the body shop to be painted, I used some wood blocks as shims for the compressor, so it would not be jolted around. I left them in place until I got the fridge back home, several months later. It has been working fine, thirteen years later. I don't think it is good to let the compressor bounce around during moving. Perhaps it would not harm a newer fridge, but certainly not on an antique one.
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Post# 1147986 , Reply# 2 5/4/2022 at 15:46 (721 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Moving an old refrigerator with a spring mounted compressor
I would try to wedge some thick blocks of foam above the compressor to hold it down, and if you keep the refrigerator up right that should give more than enough protection.
Some older refrigerators you could insert bolts through the springs of the compressor and bolt down it down this would be ideal, then you could even move the refrigerator on its side etc. if you need to make it easier to move it. John L | ||
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Post# 1148084 , Reply# 3 5/5/2022 at 18:58 (719 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Watch the movers like a hawk between when it is strapped onto the hand truck in the house and when it is strapped into the truck and then back out of the truck and into its new location so that they are careful on stairs. | ||
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Post# 1148340 , Reply# 5 5/9/2022 at 07:02 (716 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Fix compressor before moving | ||
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