"Edgar Iredale" wrote in message
...
nightjar wrote:


That's what I thought so I'll probably accept the freezer and try to
find DIY methods to keep it working if they are needed. And that's why it
would be good to know just exactly what the problem with low ambient
temperatures really is.


I had a freezer running out in the garage while the temperature dropped
below zero. It seized solid and the compressor wouldn't run at all. After
the temperature rose it would run again. Hardly a representative sample, I
know, but his might be one of the effects you were asking after. It's
possible things have got worse since a move to "greener" refrigerant fluids,
I suppose.


--
Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not)