On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 13:50:45 -0000, Bob Minchin wrote:

Maurice wrote:
Just had Indesit/Hotpoint engineer to mend a 6-month-old fridge freezer
that had stopped working.

He checked that it did work if power connected directly to compressor,
and then advised me that it wasn't designed to work if ambient temp
10oC, adding "But they don't tell you that when buying"!

Considering the target temp for a freezer is -18oC, it seems an odd
deign point, even though this one is in a garage whose ambient temp was
around 5oc.

He said he would order a new freezer thermostat (as "it didn't seem to
be working properly") and return to replace it.

[The previous fridge/freezer had been working for years in same
garage.]

Quite normal and widely known since they started compromising on the
design of fridge freezers and fitting single compressors.

[googles]

It seems to be the refrigerant used that's a problem. Can't expand and contract properly with low ambient temperature? I'd say "unfit for purpose" - people often put a freezer in a garage. I'd take it straight back to the shop and kick up a fuss.

--
Paddy and his wife are lying in bed and the neighbours' dog is barking like mad in the garden.
Paddy says "To hell with this!" and storms off.
He comes back upstairs 5 minutes later and his wife asks "What did you do?"
Paddy replies "I've put the dog in our garden. Let's see how they like it!"