[art32163]

I use a radio 24/7 it just is easier and does not require a specific look. Also according to Sears a garage unit is designed for winter starts. It has a preheated or well insulated for cold starts

[rjn5656]

We have had the same one in the garage for 11 years. No problems. Only suggestion is put in a electrical circuit just for the freezer. That way nothing will cause circuit to trip.

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

Hi - I’m wanting to purchase a freezer and place in my garage, so I can stock up in bulk from frozen items from Costco. I’m new to Florida, so want to know of any issues with our hot and humid summer temperatures. Do I need to purchase a special kind of freezer to sustain the high temps in a garage? Anything else I should be aware of, or is this all as simple of just purchasing a freezer, plugging it in, and I’m good to go?

If and when you do get one. Get an indoor, outdoor thermometer (with lead not wireless) to keep a check of temperature. The outdoor temperature will be the inside of freezer

[nn0wheremann]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

Hi - I’m wanting to purchase a freezer and place in my garage, so I can stock up in bulk from frozen items from Costco. I’m new to Florida, so want to know of any issues with our hot and humid summer temperatures. Do I need to purchase a special kind of freezer to sustain the high temps in a garage? Anything else I should be aware of, or is this all as simple of just purchasing a freezer, plugging it in, and I’m good to go?

No, any freezer will work, but in a hot garage it will work harder than in a cool basement.

[hlr1190]

I have a 6 month old GE R/F (side-by-side stainless) that came with our spec house in DeLuna for sale if you are interested? Sold new according to HD for about $1900, asking $1000.

H. Roseen
hlr1190@yahoo.com

[Sandy and Ed]

Originally Posted by photo1902

One other piece of advice. Plug a small nightlight, or similar light into the same receptacle as the fridge/freezer. Set the light on top of the unit, or somewhere you can see the light. Like most of us, we don't go into the unit in the garage as often as the one in the kitchen. If you lose power to that receptacle, the light being out will be the first sign of an issue.

Great tip!!! We have had our upright freezer in the garage on common wall with laundry for three years without issue. We keep a cup of frozen water with a quarter sitting on it so we can tell if we’ve lost electric for any length of time. Even so the light is a great idea.

[cherylncliff]

We had one in our garage for 10 years with no problems. Just a std chest freezer. Does tend to need defrosting during humid months.

[vinnytalk]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

Hi - I’m wanting to purchase a freezer and place in my garage, so I can stock up in bulk from frozen items from Costco. I’m new to Florida, so want to know of any issues with our hot and humid summer temperatures. Do I need to purchase a special kind of freezer to sustain the high temps in a garage? Anything else I should be aware of, or is this all as simple of just purchasing a freezer, plugging it in, and I’m good to go?

I would talk to a professional and not take the word of post here, do you own research

[bopat]

Our freezer is not frost free, I know when it's summer and humid it builds up ice pretty quickly.
We defrost it in the winter, just put the stuff in the snow while the freezer thaws.
We like "not frost free" since "frost free" gets rid of the frost by periodically warming up, and thereby shortening the shelf life of food in the freezer...
I wonder if anybody uses "not frost free" in The Villages in their garage. In the house it might be better, the humidity might be less?

[maistocars]

We purchased a freezer at Sam's and installed a separate dedicated GFCI so it doesn't go out when others breakers pop.

[Pmarlow]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

Hi - I’m wanting to purchase a freezer and place in my garage, so I can stock up in bulk from frozen items from Costco. I’m new to Florida, so want to know of any issues with our hot and humid summer temperatures. Do I need to purchase a special kind of freezer to sustain the high temps in a garage? Anything else I should be aware of, or is this all as simple of just purchasing a freezer, plugging it in, and I’m good to go?

We have had a standard chest freezer in our garage for the last 3 years with no issues. You shouldn’t need a garage rating. We paid $140 for ours at Costco when we were still in Michigan and brought it down with us. It was in our garage for a few years up there as well

[Michael 61]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Exactly! I dont understand the need to hoard food at this stage of life.

I’m not looking to hoard food, or really looking for any savings - it is more for convenience, so I don’t have to do weekly trips to Costco - plus I want to be able to store ice for my coolers.

[BrianL]

We have 2 full size freezers in our garage. One we purchased when we lived up north and had to worry about very cold temperatures the other we purchased a few years after moving to Florida. We use one for vegetables and the other for meat, we have whole cows butchered and a cow will fill up a full size freezer. Both of our freezers are Frigidaire freezers.

The thing you need to do is look at the owners manual for whatever freezer you are thinking of purchasing and look at the operating temperature range. The upper end of that for our freezers is 110 F. Our garage has never gotten that hot, even on the hottest days of the summer. The hottest it has gotten, in our garage is 102 F. That was summer day when my spouse and I had both returned at the same time so the car engines were both cooling simultaneously.

Having a freezer in the garage in Florida is much easier than in the North as you don't have to worry about the low temperature rating, at least not for most freezers.

[Carla B]

Originally Posted by Alarmed

Every outlet in the garage is GFI.

Not at our house.

[Carla B]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

I’m not looking to hoard food, or really looking for any savings - it is more for convenience, so I don’t have to do weekly trips to Costco - plus I want to be able to store ice for my coolers.

I agree. We don't really buy much bulk food but we treasure the garage freezer. We prepare some food in family-sized quantities in advance and store it in the freezer because we like the convenience. Today I'm preparing seven or so quarts of good old ham and bean soup and corn bread. Already have quarts of Zuppa Toscana and Chili. Next on the schedule is homemade Marinara sauce. And, imagine if every time we wanted a Tex-Mex meal and had to make Charro beans from scratch, what a chore that would be.

We had a GE small chest freezer but husband wanted to be able to find food easily. I found a full-height freezer on Next Door for sale in perfect condition. The old little one was sold to a friend, still working perfectly.