"Greg" wrote in message
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The best description I have heard of the problem is that if it is colder
than
the fridge temp setting the compressor won't run and the freezer
unfreezes.
Of course if it is really cold for a long time everything will freeze even
if
the fridge is unplugged

Florida here doesn't have any freezing winter problems,
and summer weather doesn't seem to bother a garage fridge.
The more beer a garage fridge contains the more static stored energy it will
have.
Several cases of beer may actually even lower your overall power bills -
really!.