I have a chest freezer that has operating temperatures down to -15C. I want to leave it on the balcony, which has a roof and it is shielded from the elements. But for shorter periods of the year we get weather colder than -15C.

Will it damage the freezer? Will the freezer just stop running temporarily? If the ambient temperature is -20 and the inside is -5-10C then atleast it won’t get hotter, so the food won’t spoil if it gets colder inside.

Edit: I could connect a smart plug and disconnect it if below -15, if that would help

  • @T00l_shed
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    11 month ago

    Pretty sure my fridge freeze combo, with freezer on the bottom had a freezer temp defaulted to -18. So maybe it’s within operating parameters?

    • @PetteriPano
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      61 month ago

      OP is asking about ambient temperatures below -15°C.

      I recently bought a cheese freezer which had the exact same specification listed as a feature. I considered keeping mine in the garage that I keep around 7-10°C in the winter.

      • @T00l_shed
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        21 month ago

        Oh shit, I completely missed that, thank you.

        • @PetteriPano
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          21 month ago

          Lol 🙃

          That was supposed to be chest freezer. Thanks for the laugh auto-correct!

          I usually don’t freeze cheese, but I did do it on some longer sailing voyages in an earlier life.