Will cold temperatures damage my refrigerator

Shadowdog500 said: it seemed to stay around 40 all winter on its own. I plan to plug it in soon(possibly this weekend).

Chris

I heard on another thread that it shortens the life to a couple seasons. My fridge died last fall so I do a little research. They do make fridges that are designed to work in any temp but they are expensive, so I just bought another cheap one. I unplugged mine when the temp dropped lower than 40 and by some magicit seemed to stay around 40 all winter on its own.I plan to plug it in soon(possibly this weekend).Chris

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There, fixed it for you!!!

While I don't live in an extremely cold climate, I always have kept a fridge in my hangar or shop. Many years ago, 1979 actually, I put my parents old 1959 bottom freezer, porcelain on steel (inside and out), heavier than anything I've ever seen since, in my rented aircraft hangar. It ran for several more years in extreme heat of a closed up, uninsulated metal building, and cold winters too. Finally died in the later '80's. We got a smaller used fridge which I "abandon" when I moved out of the hangar.

Here at the house I installed my parents fridge (the 1979 model) in the shop in 2000 and it ran till about '05 when it broke a copper tube. I then moved my 1985 Kenmore coppertone fridge out of the house (thank goodness!!! that ugly thing is gone) and it ran a couple of years before the compressor locked up. To replace it I bought a brand new full size 17 or so cu/ft (cannot remember what brand just now) from Home Depot. It was 10% off of $459, but it had a slight dent in the lower door from a forklift, so I got another 10%, plus the state gave me a $50 debit card for replacing an old fridge with a new Energy Star model, plus I took it to scrap metal and got $20 or so, because HD would not do delivery/pickup at my zipcode. All in all, it was a good deal.

The heat is harder on them than the cold down here.

Charles

There, fixed it for you!!!While I don't live in an extremely cold climate, I always have kept a fridge in my hangar or shop. Many years ago, 1979 actually, I put my parents old 1959 bottom freezer, porcelain on steel (inside and out), heavier than anything I've ever seen since, in my rented aircraft hangar. It ran for several more years in extreme heat of a closed up, uninsulated metal building, and cold winters too. Finally died in the later '80's. We got a smaller used fridge which I "abandon" when I moved out of the hangar.Here at the house I installed my parents fridge (the 1979 model) in the shop in 2000 and it ran till about '05 when it broke a copper tube. I then moved my 1985 Kenmore coppertone fridge out of the house (thank goodness!!! that ugly thing is gone) and it ran a couple of years before the compressor locked up. To replace it I bought a brand new full size 17 or so cu/ft (cannot remember what brand just now) from Home Depot. It was 10% off of $459, but it had a slight dent in the lower door from a forklift, so I got another 10%, plus the state gave me a $50 debit card for replacing an old fridge with a new Energy Star model, plus I took it to scrap metal and got $20 or so, because HD would not do delivery/pickup at my zipcode. All in all, it was a good deal.The heat is harder on them than the cold down here.Charles