Question about freezers.

[TNDemo]

We are moving next week to a house with a garage (our first). We have had a freezer in the house here and there is no place to put in the new house except in the garage. I know people have them there all the time but I keep wondering about the extremes of temperature. We have our own little version of hell in the summer here and I wonder how it can keep up in that kind of heat. Is it a fire hazard or does it just use up a lot of extra energy? And what about when it is below freezing in the garage? Does that hurt it in any way (although it does give it a break and I could just open the door...)?

[XNASA]

1. The biggest problem will be condensation in the Summer.

It's possible that summer humidity might cause a lot of condensation.

Winter is no problem. No need to open the door or anything.

[billybob537]

2. Temperatures

in the normal weather zone -20 to 110f wont hurt your freezer. Extreme heat like 120f will make it run constantly. If it's more than 10 years old you should think about a more energy efficient model.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

3. They say not to run A/C in the winter

Apparently the coolant never has a chance to vaporize, so the compressor tries to compress an incompressible liquid, which can cause damage.

I would assume a refrigerator would suffer the same effects.