Also I have a garage sink on that wall, so im careful to never leave the garage doors open too long.

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Dec 8, 2018
4:40:24pm

Hank Rearden All-American

Also I have a garage sink on that wall, so im careful to never leave the garage doors open too long.

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Hank Rearden

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What do you guys do to keep a garage freezer from turning off in the winter?

Slim Least alpha bro

12/8/18 4:28pm

Huh?

12/8/18 4:30pm

Keep it plugged in?

rainorsnow

12/8/18 4:30pm

Supposedly when the temp drops below 32 the compressor shuts off.

Slim

12/8/18 4:32pm

Put a space heater next to it?

byuguns55

12/8/18 4:34pm

Put it against the interior wall. My garage door button has a temp gauge on it. Its also on the interior wall

12/8/18 4:37pm

Also I have a garage sink on that wall, so im careful to never leave the garage doors open too long.

12/8/18 4:40pm

So..... what's the problem?

DirtyWater

12/8/18 4:40pm

I live in a frozen tundra and my garage gets extremely cold

Slim

12/8/18 4:51pm

Right. And why do you want the compressor to run when the freezer

DirtyWater

12/8/18 4:57pm

Because pure water freezes at 32 degrees but add a solute and it does not. ie many frozen items need a temperature less

Slim

12/8/18 4:59pm

Hmmm. I've had a freezer in the garage for decades and never worried about the

DirtyWater

12/8/18 5:07pm

Except that my new refrigerator is letting ice cream turn to mush right now. I don't think it is broken. I think it is

Slim

12/8/18 5:09pm

Interesting. Can you change the temp settings?

DirtyWater

12/8/18 5:34pm

Is your garage door insulated at all?

Northwest Cougar

12/9/18 3:51pm

I connect mine to the clock tower as it gets struck by lightening. 1.21 Gigawatts!

12/8/18 4:35pm

Keep it in the garage. If its in your garage its not going to get below 32 very

Dillinger

12/8/18 4:36pm

Mine does, apparently.

Slim

12/8/18 4:46pm

Weird. I bet if you put a cup of water in your garage it wouldn't freeze.

Dillinger

12/8/18 5:06pm

Bring it inside. If you're cold it's cold

12/8/18 4:37pm

Cue the Sarah Mcglocklin (sp?)

Nakedbootleg

12/8/18 4:48pm

I just keep living in Mesa, Arizona and it keeps going.

Shihan

12/8/18 4:59pm

I had the same problem. Is it a fridge/freezer combo?

Homercles

12/8/18 5:36pm

Yeah

Slim

12/8/18 5:38pm

Yup. The problem is the fridge side.

Homercles

12/8/18 5:48pm

Thanks!

Slim

12/8/18 5:53pm

Sure thing, good luck.

Homercles

12/8/18 5:58pm

Had to do this when we lived in Chicago. I basically disabled the switch that

WDaddy

12/8/18 6:38pm

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