"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
I have noticed that the outside of this freezer gets *very* hot. The
instruction manual says that it is normal for it to be as much as 30
degrees hotter than room temperature.

I am concerned that this amount of heat may mean that I will end up paying
more in air condition bills, in addition to the normal "energy use" of the
freezer itself? Is this a legitimate concern? Does anyone know if there
are better-insulated freezers, and should I consider returning this one?

The heat has to be removed from the freezer to keep it cold. Insulations is
to keep the heat out, not in. What you are seeing is just the way the heat
is extracted from the freezer and is normal. Other designs remove the same
amount of heat, they just disperse it differently. Operating cost of the
freezer or your AC will be no different.


Secondly, I could move the freezer out of the house and into the attached
garage. However, it gets *very* hot here in the summers (East Texas), so
I wonder if that would simply make my situation worse.

Yes, it would and it will increase operating cost. If too hot, it will not
be able to keep the food as cold as it should.
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Ed
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