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Originally Posted by Pairadocs
Have new upright freezer coming in another week. Had old one plugged into outlet in garage but.... the outlet was one that "trips" (??) at any lightening strike, or power interruption, and a red light comes on and no power until you manually push the light "off" and then the outlet will work again. Of course this created a nightmare for the freezer... unlike in the house, where things come back ON after a power interruption, this outlet will not. So, the questions are:
.Can a freezer be plugged into any outlet in the garage ?
. Can this outlet that "trips off" be changed to NOT do that ?
. Does a freezer need a special kind of outlet like a stove ? HD website "seems" to say refrigerators and freezers do NOT need any kind of special outlet ?
. 1 outlet in our garage has sprinkler system, one on ceiling has only door opener, and then there are three others, one of which is the one that has to be reset of power goes off, so we are looking for a better solution for the new freezer... don't want to loose everything again because we aren't here to reset the outlet if the power goes out !
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Had the same issue... found that the outlet was also connected to our outside pole lamp. So the circuit would pop.... we end up, leaving the freezer where we wanted it, and using an extension cord and putting the Plug in another outlet in the garage... no problem. I have an upright freezer (love it) and no more popping. Just locate an outlet that does not have OTHER power feeding off it. We used the outlet on the very Back Wall of the garage (the wall of the garage Attached to the house) The outlets closest to the front of the garage door, seems to have other power sources (outside lites etc) riding off them. Had no need for electrician or change power amps.... just can't put any more power connections on the outlet you use for your freezer...don't worry about reset buttons , they are there for a reason... safety. I have the freezer ON a reset outlet... no problem....