Gary wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Steve Freides" wrote:
>> > Julie, if it says it's not designed to operate in less than 55 degrees
>> > Farenheit, that's your problem. I know it sounds like a freezer ought to
>> > be able to function in freezing temperatures but perhaps not - the motor,
>> > etc., isn't in the cold box.
>> >
>> > -S-
>>
>> Guess I simply can not operate it in the winter then.
>
> Not knowing myself at all but that sounds like total BS to me. A freezer
> should be connected and controled by an INTERNAL thermometer, not go by
> outside temperature. I know many people with freezers and fridges in their
> garage and I've never heard this nonsense.

my (Kenmore) 5 c.f. chest freezer spent its first few years in the
unheated shop - never had a problem