"Julie Bove" > wrote:
> I have been having trouble with my garage freezer again. Don't know if it
> is starting to give up the ghost or it's just the danged heat. Heat
> advisory yesterday and worse today. Came home to the alarm going off. And
> it did it again today. Did actually reach an unsafe temp today (I think at
> 24 degrees). Yesterday was 20 so that was iffy. So far only the things on
> the very top seemed to be slightly thawed but the rest were still frozen
> solid. That would be some sausages, fruit pops and three burritos. I ate
> the sausages last night. The package felt a tad mushy but the meat inside
> still felt frozen through. But I did screw up and left the ones that I
> didn't eat out in the heat. Didn't remember it until hours later. What's
> that stinky smell? Oh yeah!
>

Seems normal for a refridg/ freezer with defrost to get that warm.
Especially when opening up doors near end of defrost. I've measured a
couple with a data logger over 24 hour periods. The bigger refrigerator
fares better at keeping temp than the upper freezer. Bottom freezers might
be better.

If this didn't happen before, check the placement of items in each. The
defrost cycle changes everyday, either moving forward an hour or half hour,
so if the times moves along, there might be a problem with something. These
things should give the option of what time to defrost, user programmable,
stupid controls.

Greg