Importing a fridge
 

Have seen 2 or 3 different points of view in various books from it being illegal to import a fridge to it being fine... most helpful !!

can anyone tell me either way ?? Or what hoops we may have jump thru ??

Ditto TV's - some say they won't work, some say they will.
ours is relatively new, and whilst not stupidly expensive, I don't want to have to buy a new one if i can avoid it.
I imagine I can find out thru the LG website or in the manual (if i can find it) but thought i'd ask the question...

Ta

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From what i can gather
TV depends on the make and model - for example does it have an australia option in the menu when selecting your country? - It could be that you could use the tv but need to get a digi box/sky equivilent to be able to recieve channels once in australia
Fridge/Freezers - i think it depends on the age of the appliance due to the chemicals that are used in them, newer is ok i believe. I'm not planning on shipping my fridge partly as i will want a bigger fridge in australia (only got an under the counter one at the moment) but thinking taking the newer freezer out - if only as a second freezer once we are out there.

Please note this is only my understanding and isnt gospel - I will quite happily be corrected if the above isnt correct.

I am expecting to be moving out later this year so will be very interested to know if it is anything different.

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Re the fridge, you will need to check what climate it is designed to work in.

The following is taken from the Which? website and explains it quite well.

Every fridge freezer has a 'climate class', which tells you the range of room temperatures with which it can cope. The two you're most likely to come across in the UK are N class and SN class. Both work effectively in room temperatures up to 32°C.

N models shouldn't be used in rooms that become colder than 16°C. SN models shouldn't be used at room temperatures below 10°C.

Other classes that you might come across are ST and T. ST models work best at between 18°C and 38°C, and T models between 18°C and 43°C.


So, think about where you are headed (highest/lowest temps etc), where you will store the fridge etc (kitchen, garage etc) and then decide if it is worth taking.

HTH

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Hi

We brought out our Fridge / Freezer...it was a Curry's own brand, it was approx 3 yrs old when we came here and its only recently stopped working.
Saying that we had it outside and used as a drinks fridge, and extra freezer space, so it would have been working extra hard in the Qld heat....so all in all we had about 8 yrs out of it.......Did'nt have any issues with shipping it, did'nt bother to ask, just put it in the container.

As for tv's.....once again we brought over uk tv's and had no problems, 2 of them worked straight away, the other one i bought a set top box, and it works fine.

All in all i would say bring everything you can fit in a container, if you find you don't need it or want it, you can always take it to the tip.....better to play safe than have to fork out for something you could have brought.
:thumbsup:

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Bring your under the counter fridge - they're ideal as a beer/wine fridge out in the garage :)

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Honestly...I think the Which advice is rubish. We brought our UK Whirpool Fridge Freeze with us and bought another one here in Oz - same size as the UK one. They run side by side. The UK Whirlpool works miles better and runs much less than the Oz Whirlpool!

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Bring both, one of the european settings on the TV will make it work over here.

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This is the 1,735,492 thread about 'will my fridge work in Oz'.

Any suggestions that Australian fridges are built to a different climate class is cobblers. Why would they need to be anyway? Unless you are planning to set it up in Death Valley, why would they need a different 'climate class'?
My Aussie house is bloody colder than my last UK house anyway, so perhaps they don't need to be so good here??.
Seriously, it's a fridge, a box with a heat exchange system attached. It's not some sort of delicate medical apparatus. If you want to keep it, bring it. It will work.

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BUT THE PLUG WONT FIT IN THE WALL:eek::eek::eek:

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God damn it. !!

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Exactly. We brought 3 UK fridges with us 6 years ago and all of them are still working. We gave one to a friend a few years ago, and he keeps it in his shed/workshop and uses it as a beer fridge - beer is ice cold every time that I go round there.

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Three fridges - you must have been a fridge magnate :D

'Fridge' is one of the few words that have been shortened and an extra letter placed in it!

Cooler

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Bosch Fridge/Freezer brought here from UK 5 years ago. Still going strong.

Oz Customs or your shippers will tell you what sort of refrigerant will be acceptable. The refrigerant type will be stamped somewhere on the compressor. Climate zone is all so much *alls. It's the insulation that counts and anything built for sale in the UK in the last ten years (or more) will be fine.

If the TV has video inputs it will work fine with a set top box.

Bring them both. :)