freezers in garages true or false

[multimick]

just looking to buy freezer for garage (brick built ) and finding that some freezers apparantely are not suitable for outbuildings and need a minimum temp to function? sales talk or fact ?

 

[Deleted member 105166]

We had an ancient chest freezer in a cold barn which worked fine for years, also a more modern Bosch Freezer, which had some of its insulation eaten by rats, and hasn't worked as well since!

 

[Marvo]

......Put a small heater (actually a power resistor) in the fridge, mounted and wired within the lamp housing. This provides enough heat that the compressor must run periodically to remove the accumulated heat,......

If the compressor ever fails to run there's a good chance even a small heat source inside the fridge can entirely melt the inner plastic liner.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

It's really small - less heat than the filament lamp - and controlled by the thermostat so that it goes off when there is demand for the compressor.

 

[PEG]

I don't reckon,any of the above,will impress the sales dude,at Currys

 

[static zap]

If you stand it on bricks can see if you are growing an icicle underneath!
( Plenty of 2nd hand freezers - use more electricity )

 

[multimick]

If you stand it on bricks can see if you are growing an icicle underneath!
( Plenty of 2nd hand freezers - use more electricity )

yep will be buying a new un

 

[static zap]

.....'frigidaire', "may" not operate efficiently in very cold temperatures.............

They got their name " Spot On" ,
Caution --Irony at work--

 

[Msitekkie]

I did quite a bit of research into this at one stage and it seems Beko are the only manufacturer who's Freezers & Fridge Freezers are designed to work in a Garage.

 

[static zap]

Re Msitekkie . Good in garage research ( Mine was a fridge-freezer )
With Beko's recall history ,that may be human safe / car dangerous!