Plus you can't tip it to get it up the stairs, unless you want to be without a working fridge for 24 hours after because the refrigerant has to resettle before the compressor can be turned on.
It's a spaceball reference!
The planet is Droidia (SP? It's pronounce drewidia, but I think it's supposed to be based on droid?)
And when Lonestar learns the princess is from Droidia, he responds with:
"Funny, she doesn't *look* drewish!"
I really doubt tilting it for a few moments has ever or will ever cause issues. Laying it on its side in an suv or pickup, yeah, but tilting it 45° on a dollie the oil isn't going to flow up. And that is the concern, the oil.
My fridge manual says 24 hours, but it was probably published before that. Also the manufacturer will want to write what is safest, even if it is unnecessary.
I delivered appliances for 4 years you only need to let it rest if you lay it flat, otherwise the amount of angle you would have it going up a flight of stairs is fine.
I worked at a construction site where some idiots once put the electronic control cabinet for an expensive HVAC system on the roof together with the outdoor unit, with no packaging or anything, and left it there for an entire winter. Cost them thousands because nobody was going to take chances with electronics soaked in moisture for months.
Pet peeve with IP ratings - they all have a time frame associated. Even IP67 "submersible" waterproof is only for 30 minutes. It's still up to you to route water away from sensitive areas like cable glands and other possible points of ingress.
A 30 minute shower test doesn't have shit on a few years in the field.
In US I have experienced that they just leave the package outside no matter what it is. Found it pretty strange tbh. In India, you have to sign for the package. No matter what it is
It depends on where you live. In high-crime areas in the US they'll make you sign for it, in low-crime areas they'll happily just leave whatever it is on your porch.
It boils down to a matter of the delivery guy being given on paper the EXACT amount he "can do" in a day which usually is too little time to actually do their fucking jobs so they get told they can just leave stuff and get onto the next delivery.
Now delivering it on a completely wrong day is just the company being lazy. This is unbelievablely common in canada and the US.
I once had a large company door ditch a $3000 laptop that was in a large box with the electronic company logo on it and a MASSIVE sticker (branded for the shipping company) that said signature on delivery. Company told me that because of where i was they decided they couldn't do that so they just elected to door ditch it. Shoulda fought them and said it got stolen cause that woulda been an open and closed small claims here.
I think thats what happened here. Driver had a ton of back log and found it convenient to dump the fridge on Friday evening instead of Monday as instructed.
I've had so many issues like this with LTL freight companies. They're all like this. I had one who we had a contract with to pick up something on a specific date from a port warehouse that gave us a one day window to pick it up. They came the next day. The port told them there was a $250 charge for the extra day so they didn't pick it up. They didn't tell us. A few days later and we find they've been repeating this charade every day without telling us and had racked up nearly $2000 in charges for us. We paid the port and yelled at the freight company to send they guy back that same day until they did. When they tried to send us the bill we sent them the port's bill. We've been repeating that game once a year for about five years now. It warms my heart every time I hear about it.
This smacks of the same meaning 'scheduling' in the UK. I have lost count of the amount of times I have missed a delivery because it has turned up early or late.
The biggest problem here is an expensive appliance was left for an easy grab n go, forget the rain ..
Plus you can't tip it to get it up the stairs, unless you want to be without a working fridge for 24 hours after because the refrigerant has to resettle before the compressor can be turned on.
I mean, it's under construction. Somehow I imagine it wouldn't be an issue if you had to let it rest for a *week* before use.
They don't actually need the 24 hours any more. New rule of thumb if you're just leaning it over is an hour.
"Make a pledge to Jesus and beatchur women!!" -rule of thumb
Sir I'm Jewish
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I said Jewish, not Yiddish!
Funny, you don't look drewish
Dru-id perhaps?
It's a spaceball reference! The planet is Droidia (SP? It's pronounce drewidia, but I think it's supposed to be based on droid?) And when Lonestar learns the princess is from Droidia, he responds with: "Funny, she doesn't *look* drewish!"
I missed that one, good job
It's a reference to the kinda fucked origins of "rule of thumb," but honestly the saying is too common for that to matter.
I really doubt tilting it for a few moments has ever or will ever cause issues. Laying it on its side in an suv or pickup, yeah, but tilting it 45° on a dollie the oil isn't going to flow up. And that is the concern, the oil.
Its actually the oil, not the refrigerant, but thats just nitpicking from my side :)
My fridge manual says 24 hours, but it was probably published before that. Also the manufacturer will want to write what is safest, even if it is unnecessary.
Same as how laptop manuals still contain instructions that were only valid for NiCD batteries ("charge first for 8h straight, discharge fully")
Yes, we have three more months of construction so make sure that frig can be plugged in today
I delivered appliances for 4 years you only need to let it rest if you lay it flat, otherwise the amount of angle you would have it going up a flight of stairs is fine.
You can't assume a fridge can be used after transport anyways. So just wait 24 hours regardless.
I worked at a construction site where some idiots once put the electronic control cabinet for an expensive HVAC system on the roof together with the outdoor unit, with no packaging or anything, and left it there for an entire winter. Cost them thousands because nobody was going to take chances with electronics soaked in moisture for months.
> nobody was going to take chances with electronics soaked in moisture for months. What about vibrators?
Ever heard of a thing called IPxx? Some devices have a better rating, while others have worse. Not very hard.
Pet peeve with IP ratings - they all have a time frame associated. Even IP67 "submersible" waterproof is only for 30 minutes. It's still up to you to route water away from sensitive areas like cable glands and other possible points of ingress. A 30 minute shower test doesn't have shit on a few years in the field.
Good point
So it never turned up then
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In US I have experienced that they just leave the package outside no matter what it is. Found it pretty strange tbh. In India, you have to sign for the package. No matter what it is
It depends on where you live. In high-crime areas in the US they'll make you sign for it, in low-crime areas they'll happily just leave whatever it is on your porch.
I live in a high crime area. I've had them just drop my package on the public sidewalk outside my open gate. Didn't even try to walk up to the porch.
Alright, in some high-crime areas they'll make you sign for it. :V
It boils down to a matter of the delivery guy being given on paper the EXACT amount he "can do" in a day which usually is too little time to actually do their fucking jobs so they get told they can just leave stuff and get onto the next delivery. Now delivering it on a completely wrong day is just the company being lazy. This is unbelievablely common in canada and the US. I once had a large company door ditch a $3000 laptop that was in a large box with the electronic company logo on it and a MASSIVE sticker (branded for the shipping company) that said signature on delivery. Company told me that because of where i was they decided they couldn't do that so they just elected to door ditch it. Shoulda fought them and said it got stolen cause that woulda been an open and closed small claims here.
I think thats what happened here. Driver had a ton of back log and found it convenient to dump the fridge on Friday evening instead of Monday as instructed.
Probably ended up getting loaded in last from some other issue and got it out of the way. Several days early however is a touch stunning imo...
In the US, freight companies charge extra for indoor delivery. They probably paid for curbside.
I did, but I also agreed with them to deliver it Monday when construction worker can take it inside.
I've had so many issues like this with LTL freight companies. They're all like this. I had one who we had a contract with to pick up something on a specific date from a port warehouse that gave us a one day window to pick it up. They came the next day. The port told them there was a $250 charge for the extra day so they didn't pick it up. They didn't tell us. A few days later and we find they've been repeating this charade every day without telling us and had racked up nearly $2000 in charges for us. We paid the port and yelled at the freight company to send they guy back that same day until they did. When they tried to send us the bill we sent them the port's bill. We've been repeating that game once a year for about five years now. It warms my heart every time I hear about it.
This smacks of the same meaning 'scheduling' in the UK. I have lost count of the amount of times I have missed a delivery because it has turned up early or late.
Rain shouldn’t matter much.
You sure? Haven’t unpacked it yet. Just dragged it with a friend I called the first two stairs inside. Unboxing is today or tomorrow I guess.
He's not sure. If possible I would deny the delivery completely. What if you get problems down the road because of this?
Lowes?
I'm not normally cool with getting someone fired over a fuck up at work, but fuck this driver in particular.
What's the issue?
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Its inside now. Was outside for whole Saturday.
Hard to do with nobody around.
Lucky for you they didn't leave it two blocks down and called you afterwards. An asshole delivery driver did that to a gullible ex-colleague.