On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 10:42:30 -0500, MaryL wrote:


"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"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.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/





Thanks! This is very useful information and helps me a lot. I knew that
heat was being extracted from the freezer, but I didn't think about other
models simply dispersing it in different ways. I was giving insulation
credit for that, but what you wrote makes very good sense.

Yes, we had a similar freezer. The condenser coils (the "hot side") of
these units run through the sides of the unit rather than underneath or in
back. This design may be a little less efficient (the heat is against the
insulation), but eliminates any problems with dust collecting under or
behind the unit. It also eliminates any possibility of condensation in a
humid environment.

--
Keith