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Anonymous Posted on Jan 17, 2010

Hi,Ihave had my electrolux fridge freezer for two years now and it is sited in my garage.When it gets really cold the freezer turns off defrosting everything,just found out if it drops below 10 degrees it wont work properly,is there anything i can do to overcome this as we cant fit this in the kitchen.

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Good day,
Not really. Domestic refrigerators are designed to operate in an environment where people live.
Most all manufacturers recommend that they not be placed in an area that goes below 55 degrees.
At any temperature below that it starts to degrade.
Cold enough and it will not work at all.
The reason is once the fresh food compartment reaches it's normal temperature of 33-37 degrees, it shuts the whole machine off.
That is by design, on any refrigerator like yours that has only one compressor and cooling fan motor.

As well, there are other issues. In that situation, the machine could well stay off 12 to even 24 hours.
The compressor has an oil sump in it, and the oil becomes very thick. When it finally tries to start, it creates a very stressful situation for the compressor, and could substantialy reduce it's life.

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Two things MIGHT help this situation.
1. Turn the temp control to the right to the coldest setting.
2. Place a blanket or 2 over the freezer to help reduce the ambient cold temperature.

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