The presence of a refrigerator in the kitchen is a must of the day. But this is not a reason to flaunt it and make this a big spot in the public domain.
It is much better to buy a built-in
refrigerator with a freezer and hide it in one of the drawers of the kitchen cabinet. A single moment can ruin an entire event. The refrigerator with the camera occupies a large amount of kitchen space. In this case, you can act wisely, and these two freezing units to distribute in different places of space. Thus, we get a built-in freezer and a built-in refrigerator.
Installation instructions
In order to integrate the freezer into the kitchen cabinet, certain work needs to be done. In general terms, they are as follows:
- In order for the equipment to fit perfectly into the allotted space, it is necessary to focus on the dimensions of the kitchen niche and the dimensions of the built-in freezers when buying a product. In addition, they focus on the operational characteristics of the models and their configuration.
- Make a box under the freezer. The dimensions of the duct are increased by the amount required for normal ventilation. The dimensions of the ventilation threshold are indicated in the product manual.
- The model is installed in a niche and the legs are adjusted. The hind legs should be several degrees higher than those located in front.
- Doors are installed using the pantograph system. Do not attach the doors to the kitchen furniture, they are installed on the refrigerator door.
Choosing a freezer
When buying household appliances, it is necessary to provide technical specifications, dimensions and configuration of the product. The right choice will help to easily integrate the freezer into the kitchen furniture.
The main criteria that guide you when choosing a freezer:
- dimensions;
- power;
- capacity;
- type of fastening.
Configuration selection
Freezers are divided into semi- and fully built-in. The difference between them is small, but it exists. It is believed that a half-built freezer under the countertop can be mounted or remain a stand-alone appliance. The front wall of the model is not covered by a kitchen facade.
Fully built-in appliances mounted under the countertop. Depending on the installation location of the freezer, the location of the ventilation holes is provided. For models that will be placed under the countertop, the ventilation grill is made at the bottom of the equipment. Column freezers have ventilation holes in the upper part.
Freezers are divided into two groups according to the method of opening the door. The vertical version is the most familiar and familiar, the door opens like a conventional kitchen cabinet.
A horizontal freezer can only be installed if there is free space above the freezer, because its door opens like a chest - up.
There is one compressor in the freezer chest. The built-in vertical freezer can be equipped with two compressors - in this case, the energy consumption of the equipment increases. But then it wears out less and will work for a longer period.
Dimensions of the built-in freezers
The dimensions of the built-in household appliances on the market correspond to the standard sizes of kitchen furniture. When making a kitchen to order, this must be taken into account, so that the built-in appliances fit easily into the niche intended for it.
It is clear that the dimensions of the built-in refrigerators , taking into account the installation clearances, should be smaller than the dimensions of the niche in the kitchen cabinet. Standard cabinets comfortably place a freezer 60 cm deep. For non-standard kitchen furniture, a built-in freezer and a depth of 80 cm is available. The height of freezers can be from 60 cm to 210 cm. The number of shelves depends on the height.
Chest freezers are made with a height of 85 cm, a depth of 60 cm, and due to the width you can purchase a larger freezer.
Before installing the freezer, you must familiarize yourself with its technical specifications.
Freezing criteria
The power of freezing or the number of products that the model is able to freeze during the day can be from 7 to 25 kg. Of course, this indicator significantly affects the cost of the product. But in practice, an average family does not freeze 25 kg of products at once, from 8 to 11 kg is enough.
The quality of food safety in frozen form is determined by the number of stars on the door:
- one asterisk reports about -6 0 and about the possibility of food safety up to a week;
- two stars correspond to -12 0 , which allows storing products for a month;
- three stars correspond to a temperature of -18 0 C, which involves storage for up to three months;
- four stars indicate a temperature lower than - 18 0 C, which allows you to store food for a whole year.
Defrosting
An equally important quality that must be taken into account before installing the freezer. Modern models are designed for two technologies:
- Manual defrosting involves the manual defrosting process once a year.
- The No Frost function does not require defrosting. But the requirements for food storage are being tightened, only the closed state of plastic bags is allowed.
Power freeze
This criterion is determined by the time that the products will remain in a frozen state during a power outage. This time interval can range from 12 hours to 32.
Energy saving. To reduce energy consumption, when choosing equipment, they prefer class A and A +. Models marked B, C, and D are clearly losing in this regard.
Climatic class. Of great importance for the technique used for cooling products is the ambient temperature. The climate class determines the temperature of the room in which the equipment can work. Our area requires N and SN technology.