Shot a couple does and the better half isn't super pleased with the state of the freezer situation in the house now that I have it all back.

Option here seems to get a 7 foot freezer, but is this thing going to shut down the grid running in a hot garage?

Is there something like a extra insulation cover or something that would be effective here?

Unless it's next to a furnace or catching direct sunlight constantly I wouldn't think it is an issue. Plus the back of a freezer can get warm. A blanket seems like a fire hazard.

Try and make sure that you aren't on the same electrical circuit with anything large the cycles, especially if you have a GFCI plug for the freezer. You can have an issue elsewhere that trips your plug and shuts the freezer off.

And freezers operate best when they are pretty full. So if you have extra room in the freezer toss in a few bags of ice or freeze some gallon juice bottles.

I've got a 4' box freezer in my garage and it keeps cool with no issues. Just make sure the lid is always closed good. Also, if you plug it into a GFCI plug in the garage make sure you check on it after a rainstorm or something. Mine is plugged into a GFCI and it's on the same circuit as an exterior GFCI plug on my porch. I pressure washed my porch and it tripped the GFCI and I went about 36 hours before I realized it didn't have power going to it. Almost lost an axis and about three whitetails from that episode. Fortunately, it remained frozen and I didn't lose anything major.

You scared it's going to get too cold? It's not a Yeti cooler. It'll be just fine as is.

my old man keeps several freezers out in his shed and has never had any issues

note - they are old school and well built (about 35-40 years old) I have one thats about 15 years old in my garage and have not had any problems.

GFCI in the garage is a real issue. I had a similar episode. My solution was to plug the freezer into a "smart" plug and set up an email alert if it goes offline for more than five minutes.

Ok. Thanks.

Looking at the freezer capacity I realize I should have shot more stuff. Lol.

I suppose it's required to put a yeti sticker on it right?

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I bought one of these for my garage freezer after the last one died and I didn't notice until it assumed room temperature. Cheap way to make sure you don't lose everything and the batteries last a long time.

A 7' chest freezer is huge. You should have enough capacity to feed your neighborhood when the power goes down.

I spent just a bit more for a brand I know and trust.

https://www.thermoworks.com/RT8100MAT

Jethro95 said:

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GFCI in the garage is a real issue. I had a similar episode. My solution was to plug the freezer into a "smart" plug and set up an email alert if it goes offline for more than five minutes.

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Do this. Buy a multi pack and just use one on the freezer. If you haven't tried any of these yet, it is time. They are cheap, reliable and easy to set up now.

I have a freezer in the garage and I have a neon light on the same circuit (GFCI). Besides looking cool, that light kind of acts as a safety net. If the neon is out, the freezer is out.

Will be fine. Biggest fear is gfci. I swapped my gfci to a gfci w audible alarm

Don't put a blanket or anything else over it. Most chest freezers work by running coolant coils through the body for heat exchange. The walls of the freezer will get hot to "push" the heat out. If you put a blanket over it, you're just going to make it overheat and blow the motor.

A much better option in a hot garage is to make sure your garage is ventilated, and maybe point a fan at the freezer to get air circulating around the body.

TommyGun said:

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I've got a 4' box freezer in my garage and it keeps cool with no issues. Just make sure the lid is always closed good. Also, if you plug it into a GFCI plug in the garage make sure you check on it after a rainstorm or something. Mine is plugged into a GFCI and it's on the same circuit as an exterior GFCI plug on my porch. I pressure washed my porch and it tripped the GFCI and I went about 36 hours before I realized it didn't have power going to it. Almost lost an axis and about three whitetails from that episode. Fortunately, it remained frozen and I didn't lose anything major.

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I have a 7 footer in my garage and this is all good advice. I also have it on a GCFI. The main thing especially if you have kids going into it, either keep it locked or place a full plastic milk gallon on top of the freezer and show the kids why it is there.

Two really useful tips for garage deep freezes (got these from a builder):

Go in your garage and look up the the plug on the roof that powers your garage door opener. That circuit will not be in GFCI due to the fact that it is up high and builders don't tie into the normal GFCI circuits. Code makes them tie the ones that are lower and could have issues into the GFCI but the one up high usually goes to a circuit in the attic or up above. I just run an extension cord over the roof and to the corner to my deep freeze.

Put a plastic tumbler cup on the edge where it can freeze standing up. Fill it up close to the top but not all the way with water and let it freeze. Once frozen, put a penny on top of the ice and if the power ever fails the penny will sink and you have a gauge on how long power has been out. My buddy told me around 4 hours for every inch and make it a big cup so if it is at the bottom you know you need to chunk any meat. We do this down at our deer lease.

Stasco said:

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Don't put a blanket or anything else over it. Most chest freezers work by running coolant coils through the body for heat exchange. The walls of the freezer will get hot to "push" the heat out. If you put a blanket over it, you're just going to make it overheat and blow the motor.

A much better option in a hot garage is to make sure your garage is ventilated, and maybe point a fan at the freezer to get air circulating around the body.

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Also, a blanket will retain moisture and promote rust on your door/lid.