On 10/12/2018 11:43, NY wrote:
"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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It is at least partly true. The working fluids in a lot of modern
fridges and freezers are predicated on them being installed in a
centrally heated house. You have to chose a freezer that is designed
to operate in an ambient temperature typical of a garage in midwinter.

My brother in laws upright freezer failed spectacularly one cold
winter when the garage got down to about 2C. Cold enough to stop it
working entirely and warm enough that stuff thawed and refroze making
a mess.

You need to read the rating plate carefully and know what it means
since they encode the working range in a peculiar way. I have posted
before on how to interpret the ratings plate.

If it doubt, specify to the salesman that you need to use it in an
unheated garage and that it must be suitable.

Hope you manage to find what you are looking for. When we were looking
to replace a freezer that thawed in the same dramatic way as yours, the
salesman in one shop was most unhelpful and claimed that no-one makes
freezers like that any more - why would *anyone* want a freezer anywhere
else than in a nice warm kitchen?

I recall once asking a salesman in an electric goods shop the difference
in functionality between two models which looked to me superficially the
same but for radically different prices. His answer "the model number".

Thank heavens for the internet where you can do your own research.

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Regards,
Martin Brown