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Re: New Chest Freezer
[Re: HayDay]
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12/19/20 09:50 AM
12/19/20 09:50 AM
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Posts: 12,722 South Ga - Almost Florida
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Good luck.
Just about every place down here is sold out of chest freezers and no idea when more will be available.
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Re: New Chest Freezer
[Re: HayDay]
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12/19/20 10:01 AM
12/19/20 10:01 AM
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Posts: 2,263 Missouri
HayDay
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I'm less concerned about availability for now than I am which brand is most reliable. I doubt what I find today will still be chugging along 40 years from now, but would like to get the one that gives me the best chance of that.
My first thought would be Whirlpool or Frigidaire.......but they may not be any better than the stuff I've never heard of. Garage Ready????
Last edited by HayDay; 12/19/20 10:03 AM.
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Re: New Chest Freezer
[Re: HayDay]
#7096465
12/19/20 10:26 AM
12/19/20 10:26 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 34,995 Central, SD
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If your keeping it in a cool environment check with the seller if it can handle the cold some are made for outside/garage temps some are not.
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Re: New Chest Freezer
[Re: HayDay]
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12/19/20 10:39 AM
12/19/20 10:39 AM
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Consumer reports had best overall category Frigidaire #1. GE #2
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Re: New Chest Freezer
[Re: HayDay]
#7096564
12/19/20 12:07 PM
12/19/20 12:07 PM
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Posts: 18,823 Green County Wisconsin
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I have a whirlpool I purchased new in 2001 a GE that my grandma and grandpa purchased in 1982 and a Frigidare that is at least 20 years old I picked up from a guy down the road when his daughter moved out and he was down sizing
I think most of them are internally very similar not sure if they got worse in the last 19 years
my old neighbor was in hvac and did restaurant refrigeration , he told me several times gasket maintenance is very important
that the places he was fixing on the big Double 48 commercial refrigerators and freezers almost all had the same problems at the root
gasket maintenance and in the double 48 type they have a catch pan in the bottom and a drain tube , no cleaning led to a plugged drain and a plug drain resulted in sludge in the pan with that and the gasket maintenance they also were not doing. the best compressor around can't keep up with the air loss.
washing the gaskets makes them seal better , washing the gaskets makes them not get sticky and pull badly , a little Armorall helps to keep the seals good . My neighbor was convinced that if at a restaurant the nightly cleaning involved wiping the door seals with a dishrag and weekly on the refrigerator cleaning the pan at the bottom and putting a bucket of hot water through the drain. they would almost never need him. when the restaurant would fail inspection because the refrigerators weren't holding <40 he would get called in and spend an hour cleaning the pan , replacing the pan some times , replacing door seals and unplugging the drains and when he would leave it was cooling below 40 again.
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