"gregz" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> "gregz" > wrote in message
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>>> "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.
>>
>> But this one doesn't defrost. It's a chest freezer.
>
> I had one with the warm condensing coils wrapped around the outside. Often
> feeling warm on the outside. If yours uses a fan, definitely check it out.
> Might be deficient in coolant. These things are pretty efficient at
> cooling, but measure room temp.

Thanks! It seems fine today.