New freezer being delivered today

Pollycat

Hi all
My new freezer (upright, 170cm tall) is being delivered this afternoon.

My old one is still working (OK, I know that might not be so money-saving), but I decided to replace it as it's over 20 years old and is usually full of my 'reduced' bargain meat and home made meals, like Bol, chilli, curry, soup etc and I thought if it suddenly packed up, I'd lose an awful lot of food - not to mention the effort involved in cooking the meals.
Also, with Christmas coming up I wanted to start getting seasonal stuff too.

Anyway, please does anyone have a rough idea how long my new freezer (it's a Bosch GSV30V21) will take to come to the right temperature.

I'm going to take out the baskets of my old one, then move it out of the way, put the baskets back and then site the new freezer in the proper place, plug it in and then transfer the food once it's cold enough.

This is assuming that it's been kept upright by the carrier as I seem to remember that some refridgeration must be stood upright for a while if it's been laid on it's side.

Thanks
Polly

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there

I know when we have moved... numerous times... we have always been told to leave fridges and freezer to stand for 24hrs befor switching them on to let them settle. Once on i can't imagine it taking very long at all to get to temperature.. mine isn't new, but once i switched it on it was ready in about 30 mins...
You could always stick a small pot of water in to check how cold its getting....

Pollycat

Thanks for your reply.

The guy who delivered it said it should stand for 6 hours before being switched on, so it's now in place and I'll probably switch it on first thing tomorrow morning.

I can't wait to start stocking it up again (although I have already started - see my reply to the 'Freezing Parmesan' thread).

Regards
Polly