Back from a weekend trip and both my chest freezers are running warm ???? These are keg storage freezers. Basically my cellar. Both equipped with ITC-1000. Both in the garage (80s-90s) temps, South Texas.
Google does not seem to be much help...lost of mentions of frozen evap coils or dirty condenser coils....but chest freezers don't have either of those exposed.
Anyway, one freezer appears to have maybe quit running. Only a low hum can be heard. Swapped in a hard start relay an it appears to run but I can't really tell if it's any louder than normal since I don't habitually "listen" to the compressor. only drops a few extra degrees. Inside is kinda cool but that's it. Outside cabinet is not warm, just ambient, 80s.
The other freezer is running. Inside walls have some frost. Outside cabinet is very warm, 90s-100 degrees by laser thermometer. But strangely the ITC-1000 probe inside is only registering in the 60s???? As are my kegs. It appears to be running normal but the inside probe says otherwise.
Very strange that both freezers have issues at the same time...Is this an issue of being in a hot garage? Should I remove the ITC-1000 and try running them? Do they occasionally just need to be shut off and let all the coils defrost? Do chest freezers "freeze" up if they keep running constantly and just can't circulate freon anymore?
all most confusing.
I suppose I could just store my full kegs in the house without extra cooling what issues will that cause? Can you store a finished and kegged lager at 75-80 without it spoiling and for how long? Ales are probably ok? I usually have several finished kegs that may sit for a couple months before tapping.
Google does not seem to be much help...lost of mentions of frozen evap coils or dirty condenser coils....but chest freezers don't have either of those exposed.
Anyway, one freezer appears to have maybe quit running. Only a low hum can be heard. Swapped in a hard start relay an it appears to run but I can't really tell if it's any louder than normal since I don't habitually "listen" to the compressor. only drops a few extra degrees. Inside is kinda cool but that's it. Outside cabinet is not warm, just ambient, 80s.
The other freezer is running. Inside walls have some frost. Outside cabinet is very warm, 90s-100 degrees by laser thermometer. But strangely the ITC-1000 probe inside is only registering in the 60s???? As are my kegs. It appears to be running normal but the inside probe says otherwise.
Very strange that both freezers have issues at the same time...Is this an issue of being in a hot garage? Should I remove the ITC-1000 and try running them? Do they occasionally just need to be shut off and let all the coils defrost? Do chest freezers "freeze" up if they keep running constantly and just can't circulate freon anymore?
all most confusing.
I suppose I could just store my full kegs in the house without extra cooling what issues will that cause? Can you store a finished and kegged lager at 75-80 without it spoiling and for how long? Ales are probably ok? I usually have several finished kegs that may sit for a couple months before tapping.