Freezer in garage

[Anonymous-0]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

With all the posts of "fridge in garage problems", you-all have me scared that my brand new freezer in the garage is going to die (big grin).

About 8 years ago, I got a free 1970's model Monkey Wards no self-defrost freezer. It was in an attached garage, unheated but insulated & rocked walls (no ceiling, no roof insulation). At times, garage temp would be in the single digits. It died this past summer cuz of a power surge. The new freezer is in the same spot.

Honestly, there is no other place for it. Is there a difference tween a fridge/freezer vs a plain old upright freezer?

Thanks inadvance,
.....don t. .....

 

[Anonymous-0]

If your really concern about the compressor oil thickening in the cold, a 7 or 8 watt bulb touching the compressor will warm it enough.

 

[Chris(WA)]

Freezers are designed to run in spaces like that. Also the temp set point is low enough that the temp in the unheated space shold still be above it and cause the unit to run as needed. At most it should just run less as the ambitent temp of the garage assists in keeping it cold.

 

[OldFarmTractor]

At the Frigidaire site, they mention "Frigidaire freezers look smart enough to fit in your kitchen but they're durable enough for your basement or garage."
Freezers

 

[John T]

In my opinion a "Freezer" (NOT 1/2 fridge 1/2 freezer) that dont get so much open n close daily use (like one out in the garage) should be a chest type versus an upright.

By the way even though one is in a garage with concrete floor the code (as I recall it but its been yearssssssss sine I retired from EE practice) allows it to NOT be on a GFCI breaker to avoid nuisance tripping provided its fed from an otherwise inaccessible (like hid away behind the unit) SINGLE outlet. I wouldnt want one on a GFCI cuz its too easy for it to trip and there goes your meat grrrrrrrrrr.

best wishes

John T

 

[Anonymous-0]

I've have one thats been in a outside porch for the last 5 years. No heat on a plywood floor has roof and walls with no problems.

 

[Anonymous-0]

There are band heaters that can be put on the compressors.The old time freezers could stand cold areas but the new units dont handle it well.

 

[Bob S.]

Happy Thanksgiving
We have 2 freezers in the garage, one chest one upright. The chest freezer is 10 years old, no problems. The upright is 30 years old, no problems. My friend has a cabin in No. Mich, his refrig-freezer is plugged in year round, its 30 years old no problem. Now it often gets to 25 below around here and more than 30 below in Mich., so I guess if unheated buildings were a problem maybe those 30 year old units might have acted up by now. I dont have those king of hopes for the 10 year old unit as it is showing signs of rust already.
Hope you all enjoyed your turkey!
Bob S.

 

[Anonymous-0]

When we replaced our circa 1975 chest freezer our appliance repair(not sales) man said the old freezer compressor could stand starting where it's cold much better than the new one. So the newer one is in the house, the older one is in an enclosed barn(probably holds temp. about like a garage). We've had no problems.
What really got our attention was when we moved the older freezer off the linoleum it had been on for 9 years it(the linoleum) was charred black!!!!! We never smelled a thing. I don't know why we didn't have a fire.

 

[Waltmo]

This was my solution in previous thread.
When the gas in the compressor gets colder than inside the freezer it will cause liquid freon to migrate to the compressor and bam!! Valves are cracked. Band heaters prevent this from happening. WaltMo