I disagree with the chest freezer. We had one and changed to an upright. It’s easier to see what’s in the freezer. There’s plenty of room for the car and the freezer.

I have a full-size refrigerator in the garage, and did have some issues with the circuit breaker tripping when there was in electrical storm. I had an extra line run just for the refrigerator, and have not had any problems since. I don’t remember what it cost, but it was not expensive.

Freezer
 

I have a uprigight freezer in my garage for 10 years, no problem. I have a upright fridge out on my lanai, no issue.

upright freezer in garage
 

I do have upright freezer in my garage for about 12 years and no problem at all.

Make sure it isn’t plugged into a GFCI outlet. They trip often with a fridge. If that’s the case, have an electrician run you a dedicated circuit and you’ll be back in business.

We put a stainless in the garage and found started showing rust marks on the finish. Still works, but a nuisance to keep rust free.

I have that problem whenever the house is power washed. Water gets in outside electrical outlet. Had to put a light feature on front porch that.burns 24 hours. Was tired of losing food.

Same issue
 

We had a problem with the GFI also. Once we added a dedicated line to the freezer, no more problems. We are still, however, having an issue with the pole light. Electrician will be here (again) next week!

I don't believe this is safe, the breaker is sized to the wire.

Check wire should not use 20amp breaker on 14 guage wire
 

Just a note to the person responding to the breaker tripping in the garage with a refrigerator. One recommendation was to go to a 20amp GFI .

The issue is if the wire is only 14 guage and not 12 guage and if there is a short, [B]the wire will burn and cause a fire saving the GFI breaker! Just a not of caution!!!

Gfi
 

My neighbor lost $500 worth of food when freezer in garage lost power because of GFI tripping. All the outlets in the garage are GFI protected even if the outlet looks like a normal plug outlet.

I ran a heavy duty appliance extension cord and plugged my freezer into the garage door electric plug in the ceiling as it is not GFI protected. Worked fine.

You have to have a dedicated line for the refrigerator/freezer or it will continually go out!

We have a fridge in our garage. No problems so far. They actually make fridges especially for the garage that you can buy but ours is just the one that came with the house and it was way too small.

Now thats illegal. That is against the electrical code

Note that the circuit breaker function is totally different from the GFI function. If the circuit is rated for 15 amps, the breaker at the panel will trip when you plug in more than 15 amps. But, the GFI device measures an imbalance of incoming and outgoing current, and can trip with extremely low levels of amperage. I don't see a safety problem using a 20 amp GFI outlet on a 15 amp circuit because the breaker in the panel will still protect the wiring if the load exceeds 15 amps. But, I don't understand why a 20 amp GFI outlet should work better than a 15 amp. They should both perform the same basic function.