"Krypsis" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/02/2013 8:38 AM, 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.
>>
>> In your case, Julie, it's probably those darn rats again...causing
>> trouble.
>>
>> Gary
>>
> If you understand how fridges work, then you would be able to comprehend
> the situation better. Car airconditioning systems aren't a lot different
> in operation though having iceblocks flying out of the vent at you isn't a
> desirable outcome for those.
> Anyway, the only part of the works with any real connection with the
> inside of the freezer are the evaporator coils. The thermostat would be
> there as well but it's only sensing internal temps. The rest of the works
> are outside the box!

Alarm installed now. Oddly the temp. went down slightly after I put some
food in it but it is still far from full. Was -20 and is now -13. Temp. in
the garage is 45. That's a tad colder than it should be but... Our outside
temps are supposed to be in the 40's and 50's this coming week. So we're
good.