I got a chest freezer at home that I might stop using in the near future for a few months. Is it true that chest type freezer in specific self destructs when allowed to sit around unplugged for a long time if it's been used for a while already?
I found this article online:
"The inside wall absorbs heat from the inside of the chest, and the outside wall releases that same heat to the surrounding air.
This configuration makes these appliances very simple and inexpensive to produce, but there is something everyone who owns one of them should know about.
If a chest type deep freeze has previously been in use, do not turn it off or unplug it for more then two weeks.
You want to put it in storage you say? Might as well give it away to a friend.
Why?
The frost that inevitably accumulates between the two walls towards the inside of the cabinet melts and the moisture now held in place by the insulation causes the inside refrigeration lines to rust through. The refrigerant inside the system leaks out, the unit stops working, and there is no way of repairing it....
[F]or exactly the same reason, never buy a second hand deep freeze unless you know for a fact it has never been in storage or turned off. I very often see this. Someone has a deep freeze in good working condition that they no longer use. They turn it off and clean it out. Eventually someone buys it, goes though all the work and moves it from the one basement to another, then discovers, to their major consternation, that it no longer works.
This is not a concern on most upright deep freezes as the evaporator lines are usually exposed between the shelves, or it may have an air flow evaporator. Look closely though there are some with embedded lines.
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The manual says to keep the door ajar by placing a piece of wood in between to prevent odor for long term storage, but doesn't mention anything about freon line corroding through because of the accumulated moisture.
I found this article online:
"The inside wall absorbs heat from the inside of the chest, and the outside wall releases that same heat to the surrounding air.
This configuration makes these appliances very simple and inexpensive to produce, but there is something everyone who owns one of them should know about.
If a chest type deep freeze has previously been in use, do not turn it off or unplug it for more then two weeks.
You want to put it in storage you say? Might as well give it away to a friend.
Why?
The frost that inevitably accumulates between the two walls towards the inside of the cabinet melts and the moisture now held in place by the insulation causes the inside refrigeration lines to rust through. The refrigerant inside the system leaks out, the unit stops working, and there is no way of repairing it....
[F]or exactly the same reason, never buy a second hand deep freeze unless you know for a fact it has never been in storage or turned off. I very often see this. Someone has a deep freeze in good working condition that they no longer use. They turn it off and clean it out. Eventually someone buys it, goes though all the work and moves it from the one basement to another, then discovers, to their major consternation, that it no longer works.
This is not a concern on most upright deep freezes as the evaporator lines are usually exposed between the shelves, or it may have an air flow evaporator. Look closely though there are some with embedded lines.
"
The manual says to keep the door ajar by placing a piece of wood in between to prevent odor for long term storage, but doesn't mention anything about freon line corroding through because of the accumulated moisture.
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