Did I ruin my chest freezer?

[planker101]

I use a chest freezer as my fermenter with an STC-1000 and some heat wraps.
I usually set it and forget it for a week or so. Recently the temp got down to freezing (chest freezer is outdoors) and the chest freezer stopped cooling. I waiting until a day in the 50's (have run in many times in 50 degree weather) and tried it, but no luck.
Is there a way to save it? Any components I could test? It still turns on and tries to work, but it just won't get cold.

 

[Jorb]

What do you mean by "it still turns on and tries to work"? Do you hear the compressor trying to start with a clicking sound? Does the compressor actually start?

 

[planker101]

Finally got around to messing with it. Compressor does turn on. No clicking like it is cycling on and off. Just a steady hum. Ran it for about 4 hours today and the compressor got very warm (not too hot to touch though). The temp inside went down 4 degrees in as many hours. never heard it clicking on and off. Just ran the entire time. Outside temp was 50 F at start and 42 F at finish of the 4 hours.

 

[eddiek85]

This happened to my refrigerator once and I called for service. They filled the thing up with freon and it worked again. Not sure if that's your problem.