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Posted on Mar 15, 2010

Put in garage now unit will not keep cold or freeze.

Up until the time we put our Amana side-by-side refrigerator in the garage as a second frig it will no longer keep items cold nor will the freezer keep items frozen. It did work for a time but no longer. The motor does run however will not get cold.

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Since refrigerators were designed to run in your 72° kitchen, when you put a fridge outside, where its colder than normal operating REFRIGERATOR temperatures, i.e. 35-40°F, because that ambient temp is colder than fridge temp, the thermostat in the fridge section reads it as normal temperature, and does not turn unit on. it does not read what the freezer temp is. You have a couple of choices: bring the unit inside, heat your garage, or only use it for pop and beer in the summer. You can reply here or send me a question from my website: www.FixMyFridge.net

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