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A 200-litre chest freezer commonly uses 100-200 kWh a year; a frost-free upright of the same size uses roughly 10-30% more.
The running-cost baseline: a 200-litre chest freezer commonly consumes 100-200 kWh a year. A frost-free upright of the same size uses roughly 10-30% more, the price of never defrosting by hand.
Comparisons between models rest on the EU energy label, rescaled in 2021 from the old A+++ scale to classes A-G. Whatever the letter, the label must state annual consumption in kWh — the single most comparable number on the sheet.
Siting decides whether the label figure holds. Freestanding units need 5-10 cm of clearance around them; built-in appliances are 82-87 cm tall against a standard 90 cm worktop, and kitchen base cabinets come 60 cm wide.
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Delivery imposes a wait before the first switch-on: 4 hours of standing time after transport on the unit's side, and 24 hours if it was carried horizontally. The wait protects the compressor; skipping it is the most common first-day mistake.
Maintenance is a single threshold. When frost on the walls reaches 5-10 mm it insulates the evaporator and pushes energy use upward, so that layer — not the calendar — is the defrost signal.
The numbers on this page complete the buying check started in the size guide and the star-rating guide: litres for the household, stars for the job, kWh and clearance for the kitchen.
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