Good/bad place to put a hole in my chest freezer

[LandoLincoln]

What im curious about for those freezers, is are those gauges the temperature they operate at, or are those the "level" of chilling they offer?

As in does 5 mean it chills to 20F instead of 0F, or does it mean it chills to 0F at "half power and 50% slower" than setting it to 10 does?

Hopefully that makes sense.

It's a temperature set point, not how fast it gets there.

 

[banks412]

Got my STC-1000 ordered and my project box and supplies. Can't wait to give this a shot when the thermostat comes in! Will try and post pics as my first DIY project in a new thread - stay tuned!