On 11/12/2018 13:46, David wrote:
On Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:15:58 +0000, RobH wrote:

We have a totally separate, from the house, garage, and want to put a
freezer in it.
One place we looked around , the guy told us that upright freezers don't
do so well in garages if it gets very cold, like minus 4 or 5C. He said
it was the compressor which breaks down if it is not covered over or
insulated, and this doesn't happen with chest freezers.

Is there any truth in that , as we know a few people who have either
upright freezers or fridges in their garages.

Probably the coldest temperature I have know here in the last 20 years
is about -9 in 2010, and regularly get down to -4 or -5C in the winter.

Any do's or don'ts , or even recommendations.

Thanks

Another vote for Beko - we now have two under cover outside.
Bought one, won the other on Freegle.

If you want a fridge/freezer make sure that it has two independent
compressors - one for the fridge and the other for the freezer. A single
shared compressor leads to the freezer defrosting below (IIRC) 4C.
BTDTBTTS.

That does depend upon the design. Our fridge-freezer some years ago had
only a single compressor. It used the entirely logical idea of only
cooling the freezer section. The fridge was cooled with a fan and a
motorised flap circulating air from the fridge, through the freezer and
back into the fridge. Obviously if the ambient temperature fell too low,
the fridge would need no cooling, so the flap would remain closed and
the fan off, but the compressor would still cool the freezer as normal.

SteveW