My chest type freezer ice up around the top but does not freeze except in the bottom portion

Check t'stat setting . Adjust and if it doesn't correct it, then probably the t'stat is bad. If it 9-10 years old, then replace the freezer. This could be the beginning of the end.

maybe the condenser is stock up or defective compressor or oil is in the freezers coil

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The drain for the water to get away when defrosting is frozen shut...
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low charge dirty coils if it has any???

Sounds like you need to just use the bottom portion.

Sounds like a circulation problem. Does it have a fan inside the freezer. Should be bdhind the floor or one of the wall panels. There should be a vent for the air to circulat through. If so check to make sure it's running when the compressor runs.

is this a chest freezer? Thick frost around top? try defrosting unit. DO NOT scrape the ice. Very important to remove drain plug to remove water or frost will very rapidly redeposit

try plugging the electric cord into a receptical

ice cream is always the last to freeze and a temp of minus -10 degrees is usually required to get it to get hard. if you put the ice cream in the door it will be especially tough to freeze. a good thermometor is a good investment as you can observe the temps. usually ten degrees or 20 degrees is what they run. yes they do cycle on and off as long as they hold temps thats good. the outside of the freezer gets warm because the hot compressed refrigerant is spread through piping near its surface giving up its heat of compression . setting the stat to max will freeze the ice cream eventually but utility bill suffers . good luck

yeah , the coil patern of most chest freezers run the evaperaton loop around the top of the freezer down about 6 to 8 inches to start the frost patern, knowing that cold air falls it then works down and cools the rest of the freezer and its contents hope this fixed your problem