Compact Refrigerators

New Haier compact refrigerator not cooling?

We just bought a Haier compact refrigerator last night - I think its HNSE05 - from the store to the house we did not tip it on its side or anything, but kept it upright as it says on the box. Getting it inside, the only way we could get it out of the box, was to tear the box apart. So we dont have the box. We plugged it in about 9pm or so last night, and its been plugged in for about 20 hours now. It does not feel like its getting cooler at all, regardless of the setting. Just a teensy bit cold to notice a difference, but definitely not cold enough to keep our milk or butter from spoiling. Ive read things online that gave me the impression that when you first get a refrigerator, you have to give it time to initially cool - but nowhere do I see just how long this would take. 24 hours? 48? 72? I mean, am I being premature in asking if a 4.6 cubic ft compact fridge should be cold by now? Its important because our old fridge died and the new one is not coming for another week, and we have no way to get groceries for the week without this little one. Oh yeah, and I did contact Haier, but you know it can take them up to 2 days to respond...

Public Comments

1. Sorry, its a dud, return it and try again. p.s. they can swap the boxes if that's a problem.
2. Did you adjust the temp. setting?
3. sounds like you got it home and plugged it in. its recommended, i beleive even in your manual, to let the unit sit for 24 hours after moving it from one location to another, not from one side of the kitchen to the other. but, then again, you bought a really cheap refrigerator, i know, ive worked on them a few times. it IS possible you bought a fridge that is a lemon, it wouldnt be the first small dorm size fridge ive seen be bad from the date of purchase. oh, and FYI, any fridge will take 24 hours to reach normal operating temperatures. freezers take less time.