John
wibbled on Monday 14 December 2009 18:18


"Tim W" wrote in message
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Piers Finlayson
wibbled on Monday 14 December 2009 16:43

I'm going to need to buy an additional chest freezer soon, to fit large
amounts of dead pig, and, inspired by the Miele/washing machine thread,
wondered if those here had any recommendations.

As well as reliability and energy efficiency I'm also looking for one
which can survive being left in an unheated outbuilding which does get
below
freezing. My existing (el cheapo, Zanussi-Electrolux) works fine there,
but
I know that it isn't technically rated for it. My understanding is that
there's really only a problem on combined fridge/freezers, where cheaper
units has a single thermostat somewhere which may detect it cold enough
outside not to need to cool the fridge and it also decides not to cool
the
freezer bit.

Piers

Not a chest freezer, but my 1995 Hotpoint Iced Diamond "normal" freezer
is as quiet and as effective as the day I bought it, save for an internal
door
clip snapping.

Of course, that was 1995 - can't say anything about their current
reputation.

Mine does have a cabinet heater built in to avoid condensation in cool
environments.

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Tim Watts

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I think you will find that the heater you refer to is in fact the
condenser which is built into a double skin outer casing.

No. Mine's an electric auxillary heater - there's a switch to disable it
(the "economy" switch).

The condensor is round the back in the usual location ;-

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Tim Watts

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