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I know someone, not currently accessible, who has a tall fridge/freezer and a short freezer. The first is at least 12 years old, privately imported from a europlug country. The second is recently acquired, I know not how. The installation instructions are not likely to be found.
I think that the backs of them are too close to the wall. I found no guidance in the FAQ. What would be a sensible separation to suggest? -- (c) John Stockton, near London, UK. Using Google Groups. | Mail: - or as Reply-To, if any. | |
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On Monday, 3 August 2020 12:14:16 UTC+1, wrote:
I know someone, not currently accessible, who has a tall fridge/freezer and a short freezer. The first is at least 12 years old, privately imported from a europlug country. The second is recently acquired, I know not how. The installation instructions are not likely to be found. I think that the backs of them are too close to the wall. I found no guidance in the FAQ. What would be a sensible separation to suggest? If the width is towards, but less than, 600 mm, I'd assume they were made to occupy a standard kitchen unit space each. (Similarly with depth.) |
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On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 04:14:12 -0700 (PDT),
wrote: I think that the backs of them are too close to the wall. Do they/it have a condensor on the back? More recent models don't and the sides get warm... Models that we've had with a condensor on the back had plastic spacers attached. However these could rotate to the same plane as the condensor. Which ever type I'd go for a couple of inches. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On Monday, 3 August 2020 12:14:16 UTC+1, wrote:
I know someone, not currently accessible, who has a tall fridge/freezer and a short freezer. The first is at least 12 years old, privately imported from a europlug country. The second is recently acquired, I know not how. The installation instructions are not likely to be found. normally anything that modern is easily found online by typing model no & 'manual' I think that the backs of them are too close to the wall. I found no guidance in the FAQ. What would be a sensible separation to suggest? 1. RTFM 2. enough that it can get down to temp 3. more space will see it run more efficiently 4. So there's no hard cutoff. NT |
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On Monday, 3 August 2020 17:10:52 UTC+1, Martin Brown wrote:
On 03/08/2020 12:14, JRS wrote: I know someone, not currently accessible, who has a tall fridge/freezer and a short freezer. The first is at least 12 years old, privately imported from a europlug country. The second is recently acquired, I know not how. The installation instructions are not likely to be found. I think that the backs of them are too close to the wall. There are usually a couple of stand offs to prevent the thing being put too close to the wall and impacting the heat exchanger function. They don't need much of a gap at the back to work perfectly well. More of a problem is when they are fitted under a kitchen bench with a matching front door in the style of the kitchen. Then there is very restricted air circulation for cooling and efficiency suffers. I found no guidance in the FAQ. What would be a sensible separation to suggest? 50mm should be enough. There probably are a couple of spacer lugs on the back or a grill for the top to stop things falling down the back. Rating plate should show power consumption, working fluid and model no. General Answer At the moment, the units are not accessible. All I know is that they are as described, and that they are very close to a wall or similar obstruction - and that on each case the present gap is less than the thickness of my little fingers, say 0.5". Neither is in a kitchen. It will be a major effort to read anything that may be on the back of it; too much will have to be moved. ASIDE : I also wanted to know the model number of their microwave oven. I could not find it on the rear plate(s). We eventually realised that it was written on the front, in the same manner as the legends for the controls. Mine has it on the back. Therefore, the answer is 2 inches or 50 mm, and thanks to those who gave it.. I think that the FAQ Index should contain an entry "Standards", linking to an article which lists them, by links or otherwise. For example : BS 1362/3 Building Regulations Electricians - Part P (link) ISO 3103 (link) Kitchen units - standard kitchen unit space is 60 x 60 x 85 cm (if correct) Units of Measurement? -- (c) John Stockton, near London, UK. Using Google Groups. | Mail: - or as Reply-To, if any. | |
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It very much depends on how the cooling is done. My fridge Freezer has a
corrugated plastic back, so one supposes its not used for cooling, but there is airflow at the very bottom. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! wrote in message ... I know someone, not currently accessible, who has a tall fridge/freezer and a short freezer. The first is at least 12 years old, privately imported from a europlug country. The second is recently acquired, I know not how. The installation instructions are not likely to be found. I think that the backs of them are too close to the wall. I found no guidance in the FAQ. What would be a sensible separation to suggest? -- (c) John Stockton, near London, UK. Using Google Groups. | Mail: - or as Reply-To, if any. | |
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On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 10:18:17 -0700 (PDT),
wrote: It will be a major effort to read anything that may be on the back of it; too much will have to be moved. Fridges/freezers tend to have the rating plate inside them. Might be hidden by the salad veg crisper box and/or be in either compartment. -- Cheers Dave. |
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