[jjombrello]

We have had a side-by-side refrigerator/freezer in our garage for 24 years and have had no problems. The unit was new in 1995 and we moved it from Cleveland.

[Gpsma]

Originally Posted by Carla B

Not at our house.

Dont assume because an outlet in the garage is not a GFI because it just looks like a plain outlet.

We had problems with our outside lamp shorting out. The lamp is part of a GFI circuit that contols all the outlets in the garage and the lanai.

Lenhardt Electric that finally fixed the problem told me that itis code in Florida that all garage outlets must be GFI protected

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Dont assume because an outlet in the garage is not a GFI because it just looks like a plain outlet.

We had problems with our outside lamp shorting out. The lamp is part of a GFI circuit that contols all the outlets in the garage and the lanai.

Lenhardt Electric that finally fixed the problem told me that itis code in Florida that all garage outlets must be GFI protected

Correct. Outlets in the kitchen, bathrooms, garage, and outdoors must be on a GFCI protected circuit.

[tallyhoer]

I plug my freezer into the garage door opener outlet plug in the ceiling. It is not GFI protected so will not trip if others in the garage do.

Originally Posted by Woodbear

I had two outside contractors that are mentioned on TOTV often give me a quote for a new outlet in the garage and both said they could/would only install a GFI outlet in the garage.

[LovingTVLifestyle]

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.

I think I found them on Amazon wasn’t too much money and makes a nice loud sound that you can hear or the house I have insulin in my refrigerator and would hate to lose a lot of money’s worth of medication

[champion6]

Originally Posted by tallyhoer

I plug my freezer into the garage door opener outlet plug in the ceiling. It is not GFI protected so will not trip if others in the garage do.

Caution -- my house was built in 2011 and the garage door opener outlet plug in the ceiling is definitely GFCI-protected. It tripped last week because of outside Christmas lights getting wet during a shower.

[Jimmy Lee]

As others have posted according to electrical code outlets in a garage must be GFI protected. This usually done by builders by stinging together garage outlets with outside or lanai outlets that must also be GFI protected. The problem is that if one of these outlets trips you lose power to all the GFI outlets on the circuit including the ones in your garage. We had an ordinary freezer in the garage of our Florida home for several years with no problem. Then we went away for 2 months in the summer. When we got home and opened the garage door, phew what a smell and what a mess in our freezer. Apparently a strong storm had blown rainwater into one of our outside outlets and tripped the GFI. We had a buddy who was handy with electricity install a non-GFI outlet in our garage off the record and lived happily ever after because when we sold the house the building inspector failed to spot the non-GFI outlet

[Pairadocs]

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?

Our first one lasted 14 years, it was a Whirlpool. We replaced it with a GE, not our favorite brand but was available for delivery immediately, and had the features we decided we never wanted to be without again.... a temp reading on OUTSIDE of door, and an alarm that freezer has stopped running. Those two features would have save us $$$ had they been on the previous freezer ! Live and learn. We've had this one 3 years now, find the temp reading ON the door is like power windows on an automobile, once you've had it, you don't want to be without...LOL ! Speaking of, is there such a thing as an auto without power windows .... don't think so.

[Battlebasset]

Originally Posted by tallyhoer

I plug my freezer into the garage door opener outlet plug in the ceiling. It is not GFI protected so will not trip if others in the garage do.

I didn't have a convenient outlet where I wanted the fridge, but I had the garage light switch. Put in a combo outlet/light switch. Don't think it is GCFI protected.

[doctorknow]

I have had a refrigerator in my garage for 10 years without a problem. It is not a garage rated one either. It was new when I bought the house 10 years ago and it is on the inside wall of the garage next to the door. In order to help the heat problem in the garage I installed a window fan on a thermostat so it come on when the heat gets above 82. Yes it runs almost all summer sometimes in the heat. Window air conditioners in garage are not allowed (and raises the price of using the refer anyway). I also put R6 insulation on my garage door. I thought about a ceiling vent fan or a solar tube but after consulting an engineer that cost benefit turned out to be not good. I also tinted my garage windows (if you don't have windows then no problem there)> You can get a louvered vent for the garage door too to allow air flow through the garage. I didn't do that but it is an option.

[Gatorgreen]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

I would be concerned that ALL garage POWER OUTLETS ARE ON GFI, if it trips your out of your bulk food. Our neighbor had this happen and lost 20 lbs of shrimp couldn’t get rid of smell had to get rid of freezer.

We have two refrigerators and one freezer in the garage and no problem. Also, there are no gif plugins in our house of one year old , not any in the garage unless you have to take the cover off to reset them.
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[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Gatorgreen

We have two refrigerators and one freezer in the garage and no problem. Also, there are no gif plugins in our house of one year old , not any in the garage unless you have to take the cover off to reset them.
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The electrical code requires all outlets in the garage, kitchen, and bathrooms to be on a GFIC circuit. If you don't have GFIC outlets that have a reset button on the faceplate, then I would check the electric panel in the garage for GFIC breakers that control these outlets.

[REDCART]

Originally Posted by Gatorgreen

We have two refrigerators and one freezer in the garage and no problem. Also, there are no gif plugins in our house of one year old , not any in the garage unless you have to take the cover off to reset them.
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Others have suggested that you check your panel box for the GFI breaker. You should also check to ensure that it’s a 20 amp circuit. With 2 fridges and a freezer, you must be very close to hitting the 20 amp max, especially if two of the compressors should start simultaneously. Has that occurred to you?