JHZR2
Staff member
We have a run of the mill Kenmore chest freezer, Bought it maybe in 2008 or 2009. Works fine.
But I have no idea how cold a deep freezer should get. We have always kept it midway and it has been fine.
Because of the potential loss of power, I turned it to max cold yesterday. I stuck the thermocouple that my Fluke 179 can read in there in some free space about 1/4 of the way down inside in the center.
Just went to read it and the freezer is only at -3.2F. My GE side by side refrigerator stays at 0F. -3 doesnt seem like a deep freeze. Shouldnt these things get colder?
What will yours do? What is optimal?
Is only getting to -3 a sign of too much frost?
But I have no idea how cold a deep freezer should get. We have always kept it midway and it has been fine.
Because of the potential loss of power, I turned it to max cold yesterday. I stuck the thermocouple that my Fluke 179 can read in there in some free space about 1/4 of the way down inside in the center.
Just went to read it and the freezer is only at -3.2F. My GE side by side refrigerator stays at 0F. -3 doesnt seem like a deep freeze. Shouldnt these things get colder?
What will yours do? What is optimal?
Is only getting to -3 a sign of too much frost?