tdeveson Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 It gets up in the nineties in the summer and it's relentless, month after month, with very high humidity. Would it need additional insulation? Would it work at all? TIA:lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pooh bear Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 We live in central Florida, and the freezer that we had in our garage did not work well at all. It was on all the time. The garage was a well insulated garage, but it still got really hot in there. The freezer only started to work properly when we took it in to the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monalisa Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 I live in the midwest, but when we bought our freezer (upright) they told us to absolutely not put it in the garage because of the summer heat. It is in our basement. It might work, but it will cost ALOT of electricity $ to keep it cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 We live in teh midwest......cold here in the winter, warmish in the summer. Hubby says freezers and fridges are just not designed to work well outside in those extreme temperatures. Our's in in the basment..hogging space. :coolgleamA: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdeveson Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 I was afraid of this. I don't have room in the house unless I get a really small one. Ack. Thanks for all the feedback. I appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 I have never heard of this before. I am in Australia, down in Victoria, so it isn't as hot as the rest of Australia, but we do get days up to 45oC and when it gets that hot the power usually goes out. I know heaps of people who have their freezer in the shed, and even on the veranda. Go for a chest freezer, they Keep the cold in better than an upright in hotter places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 I'm sure it had to work hard, but it did work with no problems. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambam Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 We live in the Houston area. We purchased an upright freezer and put it in our garage this summer. It seems to work fine, we only open it in the early morning or evening, but then only 2-4 times per week. The impact on our electricity usage seems minimal. I keep records of our KWhr usage back to when we purchased the house, and the usage this past summer is in line with the previous summers. We do keep the freezer ful though. Space not occupied by food is occupied by water frozen in empty milk or juice containers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kaybee Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 We live in Central Florida and have had a chest freezer in our garage for 15 years with no problem. We also have a spare refrigerator out there. MIL and FIL have an upright in their garage. The trick is to keep it full or almost full. A mostly empty freezer won't work well, especially in high temps and humidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdeveson Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 We live in central Florida, and the freezer that we had in our garage did not work well at all. It was on all the time. The garage was a well insulated garage, but it still got really hot in there. The freezer only started to work properly when we took it in to the house. Sarah, did you keep it full with water-filled jugs? I'm wondering if that is the difference between it working in the garage or not. Glad to see someone from Florida on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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