GFI outlets have a life expectency of about 5 years. If the outlet your freezer is plugged into is wired as an extension from another GFI outlet, the extension can be wired to bypass the GFI funtion. You are sort of in a catch 22 situation. The electrical code calls for garage outlet to be GFI. Plugging a freezer into a GFI is risky especially if the GFI has extensions to an outside outlet. There are GFI outlets that are designed for better performance outside.
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