Comments on: How are fridges and freezers affected by the room temperature?

By: Washerhelp

Washerhelp — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:37:38 +0000

Alan Fox: I too have refrigeration appliances in my attached garage which gets pretty cold although they are all separate and not fridge-freezer combinations. One of my freezers also seems to be running far too much of the time. I’ve never decided if theirs a problem with it, or it’s related to the temperature or if it’s just that modern appliance do run a lot longer than they used to.

By: Alan Fox

Alan Fox — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:25:49 +0000

My Bosch fridge freezer is in the unheated but attached garage.
I have no problem with defrosting Freezer set at – 18 and frdge at 4 C.
But freezer compressor seems to run an awful lot even when the door has been closed for some time.
what could cause this, please?

By: jim

jim — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:29:23 +0000

Beko fridge freezers are designed to work at sub-zero ambient . As far as I know they are the only ones.

By: ms.mousette

ms.mousette — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:37:03 +0000

Oops! Just found this other thread, which has just the sort of recommendations I am looking for :-)
http://www.whitegoodshelp.co.uk/wordpress/climate-classes-for-fridges-freezers-and-fridge-freezers/

By: ms.mousette

ms.mousette — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:08:35 +0000

I live in an old, cold house where the kitchen is in a single-storey scullery (there is evidence in the adjoining “breakfast room” room that it originally contained a huge kitchen-range so I guess the “kitchen” functions were once shared between these two rooms). There is no central heating or built-in heating in either room and in the winter I retreat to the “back living room” which has a gas fire.

Last winter, which was the coldest since I moved here, the fridge freezer stopped working properly for a short while but then started up again. In the last couple of days, with the dramatic drop in temperature (coldest November on record?) it has stopped working again – and I finally made the connection with ambient temperature!

I have checked the manual and yes, it does say that it needs to be kept in an environment above 14C (I wish!)

I am trying to find a replacement that has separate controls for the fridge and freezer and climate class SN (I know that, theoretically, that should be no better than my current fridge-freezer when the weather is so cold. However, my current fridge-freezer has coped in previous years when the temperature was certainly below 14C but not as cold as last year or this year.)

I have been looking on the internet for a replacement (the cheaper the better) but info on thermostat controls and climate class does not seem to be included routinely. I have also been trawling charity shops with refurbished “white goods” without success so far.

If anyone could suggest any SN Class Fridge-Freezers with separate controls for fridge and freezer, I would be very grateful!

(If I find that I can be fussy about size then I would go for something up to height 181cm x max width 60cm – if any higher then I need to remove a wall cupboard and if any wider I need to put it in the adjoining room, which would need re-wiring to put a socket on the wall facing
the windows. If I need to, I could get a separate fridge and freezer but, despite the house being huge, the layout, size of windows and paucity of electric outlets means that a lot of the space is difficult to use so a fridge-freezer works very well).

Any advice or info would be very gratefully received!