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I just bought a new Kenmore 5 cubic foot freezer, manual defrost, from Sears, $179 on sale. Its my first freezer.
It works well, all food frozen, but in the week I have owned it, it builds up condensation on the outside. I suspect it is the external conditions it is exposed to, and am wondering if this is simply something I need to live with.
I keep this in a garage, and we have had horrible humidity all week. The water would condense on the top lid only, and usually only overnight and into the morning. It would then dry off through evaporation.
For two days now it has rained -- obviously it is much more humid now -- and the lid is so full of moisture it drips down the sides onto the seal, and I see condensation on the lower right side bottom third, and on the front all around the drain hole plug.
Is this normal? I remember my mothers huge metal chest freezer from my childhood, also in the garage for years, and it never did this. Of course, that could just be a bvetter model than what I chose to buy. Offering for the size I wanted were slim.
Hello Antonberg, My name is Peter. I am a retired field service refrigeration. Refrigerators and freezers are not designed to operate in a garage or on a patio. They are designed only to operate in the ambient temperatures of a home. Read your owners manual. If your purchas a new unit or have a service contract on a unit you moved to your garage, your warrantee will be nulified. In drastic temperature changes such as summer - your cooling fan is blowing hot air over already hot coils, can not cool your unit. Storing your unit in the garage for months at a time - changes in temperature will corrode the electrical wiring. Also, when you first purchase a unit and plug it in, it takes 24 hours for the system to reach a balance where you have a low pressure vapor side and a high pressure liquid side. Without the compressure running to maintain this balance you may get the high pressure liquid in the low pressure vapor side. After a period of time, storing and plugging your unit back in it will not run and will be non repairable.Hello Antonberg, My name is Peter. I am a retired field service refrigeration. Refrigerators and freezers are not designed to operate in a garage or on a patio. They are designed only to operate in the ambient temperatures of a home. Read your owners manual. If your purchas a new unit or have a service contract on a unit you moved to your garage, your warrantee will be nulified. In drastic temperature changes such as summer - your cooling fan is blowing hot air over already hot coils, can not cool your unit. Storing your unit in the garage for months at a time - changes in temperature will corrode the electrical wiring. Also, when you first purchase a unit and plug it in, it takes 24 hours for the system to reach a balance where you have a low pressure vapor side and a high pressure liquid side. Without the compressure running to maintain this balance you may get the high pressure liquid in the low pressure vapor side. After a period of time, storing and plugging your unit back in it will not run and will be non repairable.
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Hi thanks for the question .yes you will have to live with it warm & humid climate especially in the garage .A fan close by could help thanks the appliance doc
Hello Antoberg; My name is Peter. I am a retired field service refrigeration technician. Both refrigerators and freezers are not designed to operate in a garage or outside back patio. There are units that are designed to do so, but they are very expensive. If we received a service call, even if the customer had a service contract, we would cancel the call if the unit was in a garage or out doors. There are many reasons, such as hot summer temperatures - The cooling coil fan can not get rig of the heat - It is blowing hot air across the already hot coils. These units are designed for the ambient conditions of a home. Eventually, storing the unit for months in a garage and then plugging it in again - at some point it will not start, and not be repairable. All of your electrical will corrode among other non operational problems.Hello Antoberg; My name is Peter. I am a retired field service refrigeration technician. Both refrigerators and freezers are not designed to operate in a garage or outside back patio. There are units that are designed to do so, but they are very expensive. If we received a service call, even if the customer had a service contract, we would cancel the call if the unit was in a garage or out doors. There are many reasons, such as hot summer temperatures - The cooling coil fan can not get rig of the heat - It is blowing hot air across the already hot coils. These units are designed for the ambient conditions of a home. Eventually, storing the unit for months in a garage and then plugging it in again - at some point it will not start, and not be repairable. All of your electrical will corrode among other non operational problems.
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For 5-foot-tall units: A 32 refrigerator or freezer weighs about 150 pounds and takes up 38 cubic feet. A 32-inch refrigerator or freezer weighs about 200 pounds and takes up 44 cubic feet.
Your Frigidaire freezer (MFU17F3GW6) has a total capacity of 17.0 cubic foot. I do hope this information proves to be helpful. Should you need any further assistance please feel free to respond.
Good Morning, thank you for your question! This particular
unit is a 12-13 cubic foot freezer. If you have further questions, please do
not hesitate to reconnect.
I would plug it into a different plug in - not one that is on the same circuit that it is plugged into now. If the plug in is working for other things, it still may be bad and not able to handle the load of the freezer. If your freezer will not work on a completely different circuit, then there could be something wrong with the freezer, but it is not likely since two of them should not be bad. Seems to me more like an electrical problem in your location. Hope this helps you, Rick
That would depend on the size of the freezer. If it's a compact 5-7 cubic feet, then its not necessarily needed, but if it is a large freezer I would recommend buying the hose adapter. The basic function for the hose adapter is draining the water after defrosting the freezer.
So if it's a large freezer that will not be moved, then YES by all means, you need the adapter.
If you want a manual defrost model they are all almost the same.
Manuel defrost is very simple, just compressor and thermostat. No fans or defrost system. The true indication of quality is the energy star rating. Look at the operating cost. The better made ones cost less to operate. Just shop by price and features you want. High temp warning, rapid freeze etc. Normally I would stay clear of the White/Westinghouse garbage(Gibson,Kelvinator, Frigidaire, etc.) in washers and dryers but in refrigeration they aren't too bad. It is really hard to tell anymore who actually makes what. They all seem to be buying each other out. GE sold out and doesn't make their own anymore, Whirlpool bought out Maytag, Jenn air, and Amana. Kenmore/Sears is mostly made by Whirlpool. I have trouble telling things apart anymore.
Thanks -- I thought as much. I only plan to use it seasonally anyway. Its for overflow from the harvest and for the holidays.
I appreciate it!
Hello Antonberg, My name is Peter. I am a retired field service refrigeration. Refrigerators and freezers are not designed to operate in a garage or on a patio. They are designed only to operate in the ambient temperatures of a home. Read your owners manual. If your purchas a new unit or have a service contract on a unit you moved to your garage, your warrantee will be nulified. In drastic temperature changes such as summer - your cooling fan is blowing hot air over already hot coils, can not cool your unit. Storing your unit in the garage for months at a time - changes in temperature will corrode the electrical wiring. Also, when you first purchase a unit and plug it in, it takes 24 hours for the system to reach a balance where you have a low pressure vapor side and a high pressure liquid side. Without the compressure running to maintain this balance you may get the high pressure liquid in the low pressure vapor side. After a period of time, storing and plugging your unit back in it will not run and will be non repairable.
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