I have a chest freezer that has operating temperatures down to -15C. I want to leave it on the balcony, which has a roof and it is shielded from the elements. But for shorter periods of the year we get weather colder than -15C.

Will it damage the freezer? Will the freezer just stop running temporarily? If the ambient temperature is -20 and the inside is -5-10C then atleast it won’t get hotter, so the food won’t spoil if it gets colder inside.

Edit: I could connect a smart plug and disconnect it if below -15, if that would help

  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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    4 hours ago

    I have a chest freezer that has operating temperatures down to -15C.

    Are we talking about the temperatures the freezer is freezing things down to, or the temperatures the freezer’s components are able to run at? Because those are two very different metrics and if it is the former, then that does not mean that the freezer’s components can handle those temperatures themselves.