Friends gave me conflicting responses to this question. One said the fridge would/could break when the temperature goes below freezing. Another said it would probably be all right since there's some insulation in the garage.
2006-07-29 17:06:48 · 8 answers · asked by gamename52@sbcglobal.net 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
No problem, in Canada on the farm people have fridges in the garage all the time.
2006-07-29 17:10:46 · answer #1 · answered by GS1969 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will not harm the refrigerator to be in the cold insulated or not. The only problem that you may have is with the temperatures in the freezer. If the thermostat is located and senses the temperature in the fresh food compartment and the ambient temperature in the garage is at or below the operating temperature of the fresh food compartment the refrigerator will not run. If the refrigerator does not run the freezer will not get cold. The average operating temperature in the fresh food compartment is between 35 and 45 degrees F. The temperature in the freezer averages between +10 to -10 degrees. If the temperature in the garage is 30 degrees the thermostat will not.turn the unit on so the freezer temperature will eventually become the ambient temperature of the garage which at 30 degrees is at least 20 degrees higher than the normal temperature of the freezer. Many of the things in the freezer will not be frozen or not frozen as solidly as they should.
Every winter here in Pennsylvania I find at least one refrigerator in a garage or shed that the people think is broken when there is nothing wrong with it except it is in the cold and not running.
If the sensing of the thermostat is done in the freezer compartment there is no problem at all with the unit being in an unheated environment.
2006-07-30 00:57:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. If it gets cold enough to the point where the refrigerator could break (not very likely to reach -50F) then just use some portable coolers like the kind you
use for camping to store the food in to store the food(to keep it from freezing.
Anyway, the only part of the fride that would actually run would be the lights when you open the door.
2006-07-30 00:16:40 · answer #3 · answered by Ammy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should work just fine. The temp controls for the fridge only control the interior temp of the fridge. A cool or cold garage will let the fridge work less in the winter.
2006-07-30 00:11:04 · answer #4 · answered by uncle bob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have kept a working freezer outside for 15 years under my carport, here in Utah we get very cold winters, frequently below freezing temperatures.
2006-07-30 00:16:38 · answer #5 · answered by notfan_football 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you have heat in your garage I say no. The compressor for the frig is not designed to operate in cold temperatures. You
may burn out the compressor. Same goes for free standing freezers.
2006-07-30 01:32:57 · answer #6 · answered by Leslie S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We kept one in the garage but you need to turn the thermostat down.
2006-07-30 00:12:12 · answer #7 · answered by dhebert244 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the temperature gets colder than the fridge itself why would you need one?
2006-07-30 00:10:02 · answer #8 · answered by isaac a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋