Best Buy has
Insignia 7 Cu. Ft. Garage Ready Upright Freezer (NS-UZ7WH0, White) on sale for
$174.99. Select free store pickup where available, otherwise, delivery is $99.99.
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Note, availability may vary by location.
Features:
- Garage ready: Works in temperatures from 0° to 110°F (-17.8° to 43.3°C).
- Upright design: Keeps all your frozen foods within easy reach.
- Four shelves: Organizes your food so it's easy to find.
- Thermostat knob: Adjusts the temperature from 10.4° to -11.2° F (-12° to -24° C) to keep food fresher longer.
- Reversible door: Reposition the door to open on the left or right side to better fit your space.
- Leveling feet: Keep your freezer straight on uneven surfaces.
- Easy to position: 5.4 ft. (165 cm) power cord gives you enough length to position your freezer where it's needed.
- Manual defrost: Simply unplug the refrigerator to melt excess frost.
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If you keep a standalone freezer to stay stocked up between sales or shopping trips, you may be tempted to relegate that large appliance to the garage. It's a common place for freezers, and often it's easier to find space there than in a cramped kitchen. But if you live in a region with significant temperature swings, your garage may not be the best place for your freezer.
Changes in temperature in an unheated garage can be hard on these appliances. "You need to make sure that the unit is not exposed to temperatures above 110° F or below 0° F, because that may damage the freezer," says Larry Ciufo, a CR project leader who tests large appliances.
Wendy Treinen, director of brand and product communications at GE Appliances, agrees. "In hot weather the freezer has to work overtime, and in very cold temperatures, the freezer 'gets confused' and shuts off, failing to keep a freezing temperature because it 'thinks' it is already maintaining a temperature of 0° F," she says.
If your freezer's compressor has to work overtime to maintain its interior temperature when it's very hot in your garage, it costs you more money to run the appliance. If it's too cold and the compressor shuts off, your food could thaw.
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But the average garage in California isn't insulated and can easily see temperatures exceeding 110° in the summer, which will kill a regular fridge or freezer.
It's also important to acknowledge that anecdotes about old units that used R12 (freon) don't apply here.
Freon has a much lower condensing temperature than R134A, which meant that in order to get the same amount of cooling, the compressor would have to run more frequently but didn't have to get as hot.
Sure, they lasted forever and could survive a garage, but that was at the expense of using a lot more power.
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