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An easier way could be to take a fridge and lay it horizontally.
by jasonlingx 10y ago
An easier way could be to take a fridge and lay it horizontally.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoThe compressor has a coil with oil in it. The oil must settle in the right places or the thing could stop functioning. It can ruin a compressor to store the unit in the wrong orientation.
- byuu 10y agoYep. There's lots of scary warnings when buying even mini fridges that you can't operate it for at least 24 hours if the unit was rested on its side during transport to you.
- URSpider94 10y agoAlso, chest freezers are much, much cheaper than refrigerators. The last time I bought one, I paid around $300 for one that was quite large, vs. twice that or more for a typical upright refrigerator. Partly, I expect that's because they are so much less complicated, and partly it's because the demand is much lower.
- eru 10y agoShouldn't bigger demand lead to efficiencies of scale, and thus lower price---at least for manufactured goods like fridges?
- forgottenpass 10y agoConsumer kitchen refrigerators have a higher BOM cost. They have two separate regulated champers, auto-defrost for the freezer compartment (chest freezers typically don't), shelving, ice makers, external ice/water dispensers, ice crushers, and cosmetic features. And the cosmetic features for a kitchen, rather than the work-a-day ugliness of chest freezers probably means a larger profit margin too.