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My first instinct is to ask you, are you plugging this freezer into a GFI outlet, one which has a breaker switch as part of the outlet? If so, that is the culprit and not the freezer, as refrigerators and freezers will often trip this ground fault indicator because water can on occasion reach ground, which causes the breaker to trip on the outlet.
Test this by plugging the freezer into a non GFI outlet for longer than a few days. Nothing is broken and you dont need refrigerator repair service.
If the compressor actually runs for more than a second or two its likely the compressor is bad. Some models had a 5 year warranty and some ten years on the compressor only. The replacement of the compressor is likely beyond your abilities unless you are a service technician.
A typical cost for such a repair can be more than the freezer may have cost you if nothing is under warranty. Good Luck.
You have a short some place isolate each component if you disconnect the heater and it does not trip the the breaker replace heater. caseparts.com good luck Tom
if its tripping the breaker you mayu have too many devices on that circuit or a loose wire causing the amperage togo up after it runs awhile I would go and tighten all the wires first on the breaker panel then the plug and then see iff it still does it. Let us know if thiss solves the problem oir if it fixes it. Thanks for using FixYa.
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