Recommendations for installing a freezer

Freezers are recommended to use if the useful volume in the refrigerator is not enough to store food at minus temperatures. To date, there is a wide range of devices that can be either an embedded type or stand-alone. On how to properly install the freezer and connect to the network with your own hands, read on!
Contents:
  • Installation requirements
  • Basic process

Installation requirements

The first thing to talk about is the requirements for installing a freezer and connecting to electricity in the house. To properly install, you must observe the following:

  1. It does not matter how you decided to install the case - in a niche, in a kitchen set or next to a wall. In any case, you need to take care of the air gap from all sides. The minimum distance from the side walls of the body to the partitions should be 5 cm. From the bottom, the gap should be 5-8 cm, and from the back wall no less than 5 cm. Built-in housing Dimensions of equipment
  2. Installation of an in-built freezer under the hob is strictly prohibited. If you want to install the case in one of the lower sections of the kitchen, do this as shown in the photo - on the opposite side of the plate.
    Accommodation from different sides
  3. The freezer can be installed in a cold room, which can not be said about installing a refrigerator. However, if you decide to put the equipment in an unheated room, for example, on the balcony, be sure to read the technical passport, which indicates the climatic class( permissible operating temperatures).Mounting on the balcony
  4. Make sure that the wiring can withstand the load when connecting the freezer. As a rule, in old houses and apartments the network is old, even without grounding. You must use a powerful wiring with a ground loop. To do this, it is even possible to replace the electrical wiring in the house with a new one. Old electrical wiring in the house
  5. If the model you selected does not have the function to automatically close the door, use a trick such as twisting the two front legs. A small skewing of the housing back will not allow the door to open if you have not completely closed it.
  6. If the cord does not reach the connection point, it is better to transport the outlet itself rather than using an extension cord. Connecting the freezer to the network through the so-called "carry-over" is not recommended.they are extremely unreliable.

That's all the requirements for installing a freezer in the house. As for the process of self-installation, it is quite simple, as you will now see.

The basic process of

How to install and connect a freezer with a traditional enclosure, as shown in the photo, you will not say much. Considering all the above requirements, you need to unpack the purchase, choose a suitable connection point for it, so that the socket is sure to be next to it, and also set the case level. Any bias can be negatively reflected in the work and life of the equipment, so it is better not to joke with this moment. Stationary model


It is slightly more difficult to install an embedded freezer in a kitchen set. To do this, you also need to take care of the close location of the outlet, screw in the furniture special fasteners( if they are required), well, and carefully install the freezer under the table top. Embedded Option Placement of the case under the table top photo

Still there are modern models of freezers for the house, which are represented by outgoing boxes, as shown in the photo. This option is very convenient, but at the same time expensive. Installation and connection are similar to the built-in version - the technology is mounted in a special niche and is connected to the mains. Original design

You can visually see the installation process of the embedded technology in the video below:

Assembly of the housing in the niche
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That's the whole technology of installing the freezer and connecting to the network with your own hands. As you can see, everything is quite simple and with such a process to cope even a person who has no experience with the assembly of furniture and electricians!


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