I've been told before to let them settle for 24 hours before turning them on. That is with old ones though and I don't know anything about what to do with a new one. I reckon it will say in the manual. Even if I do have to wait to put stuff in, we are at the end of January here and I have an unheated basement room that is quite cold enough to serve as a fridge, plus a small chest freezer upstairs. A bit of bother for a day at worst.
NightMist
We've purchased 2 new fridges in the last 10 years (we moved to another state and didn't want to pay the movers the price of the new one to move it!), buying from Sears and getting their extended warranty. They'll come out for free once a year to service the machine and keep it running nicely, and if it needs repair they'll do it for you right then. Worth the price in my book, as all of our appliances are from there.
This last time we bought a "french door" fridge, with the freezer on the bottom and the top has 2 doors but no center divide, so you can put really large items in there. We love it. The installer told us that it takes 24 hours to stabilize the temperature inside, but we could use it within about 30-60 minutes. What we had to do 24 hours after starting to run it was to empty all of the ice from the icemaker and drain a large volume of water (can't remember how much exactly) from the cold drinking water system to remove any impurities from the manufacturing process that might still be inside the plumbing. Could that be it??
Enjoy your lovely new fridge!!
Mary "Cornwoman" in AZ
Congratulations! I bought a Kenmore a year ago to replace my 26-year- old fridge (RIP). You did the right thing choosing a fridge before *your* current one completely went RIP. It stinks having to run around and find a refrigerator while all your food is at home melting.
Sherry Sherry
We have an RV and each time we plan to go camping we turn the frig on to let it run at least 12 hours before we plan to put food in it. That is to make sure it is running right, and so we won't put food in it, and then discover it does not work and our food is ruined. Barbara in FL
When we had lots of air force moves, they always said to set the fridge in place and let is sit for a couple of hours before turning it on. Sometimes they get moved in a less than vertical position, and I think it is to let the coolant migrate back to where it is supposed to live before turning it on.
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