yes thanks, seen loads of freezers in garages with no problems ,but as pointed out ,in the event of a claim you would be screwed
The point about single-compressor fridge-freezers in the Telegraph article is spot on and I had exactly this situation on my boat. The cabin temperature falls rapidly when unattended, and if it fell to 5° or below the compressor would never run and the freezer compartment would defrost. It's a very efficient marine unit that pumps a lot of heat with very little juice, and hacking the control box to make it run the compressor every so often regardless of temperature, froze the fridge contents within hours.
I mentioned this to my dad and he and I came up with exactly the same solution within seconds: Put a small heater (actually a power resistor) in the fridge, mounted and wired within the lamp housing. This provides enough heat that the compressor must run periodically to remove the accumulated heat, maintaining a steady regulated temp in the fridge and keeping the frozen stuff frozen at the same time.
The old gas fridge (absorption, silent but energy-inefficient) used a heater to heat the hot bits, to make the cold bits get cold. The modern electric one uses a cooler, but you have to heat the cold bits to make them get colder!
I mentioned this to my dad and he and I came up with exactly the same solution within seconds: Put a small heater (actually a power resistor) in the fridge, mounted and wired within the lamp housing. This provides enough heat that the compressor must run periodically to remove the accumulated heat, maintaining a steady regulated temp in the fridge and keeping the frozen stuff frozen at the same time.
The old gas fridge (absorption, silent but energy-inefficient) used a heater to heat the hot bits, to make the cold bits get cold. The modern electric one uses a cooler, but you have to heat the cold bits to make them get colder!
Yep, may need to add a low wattage greenhouse type heater to maintain temp for continued ability to maintain temperature in fridge/freezer. Suggest get a good thermostat for inside appliance to check temperature is being achieved as this could effect storage times.
Well if its going in the garage its hardly going to be an exspensive onegrab something off ebay for £30.
was going to buy a new one
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If the compressor ever fails to run there's a good chance even a small heat source inside the fridge can entirely melt the inner plastic liner.
It's really small - less heat than the filament lamp - and controlled by the thermostat so that it goes off when there is demand for the compressor.
If you stand it on bricks can see if you are growing an icicle underneath!
( Plenty of 2nd hand freezers - use more electricity )
( Plenty of 2nd hand freezers - use more electricity )
They got their name " Spot On" ,.....'frigidaire', "may" not operate efficiently in very cold temperatures.............
Caution --Irony at work--
Re Msitekkie . Good in garage research ( Mine was a fridge-freezer )
With Beko's recall history ,that may be human safe / car dangerous!
With Beko's recall history ,that may be human safe / car dangerous!
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