[billethkid]

We have always had one there but I was wondering if anybody here in TV has done anything to insulate the exterior?

As the garage is warm and some times hot the refrigerator has a tendency to run more often to keep a contant temp inside. As a result, sometimes, things freeze in the fresh food side. Not a big problem but was just curious if anybody has done anything help against the heat.

[MikeV]

I have a fridge in the garage and it does run quite a bit in summer but I haven't done anything special and no foods have frozen or gone bad.

[Topspinmo]

AS long as you keep enough space for the air to circulate and the compressor cooling coils, fins, fan clean or free of dust. If not it will overheat and not cool. Refrigerators that run all the time usually need the dust/lint/hair blown from the cooling fins and fan area.

Even though it may run little longer in the garage and may heat the garage up little it should run and shutoff. If not it's probably dirty especially if it's not cooling as good anymore.

Even inside the house refirgerator's should be annually or semi-annualy cleaned depending on how much dust/lint/hair collects under it. How many of us do this??

"O" if frogot usually the back cover has to come off that covers the compressor and fan, some times if metal and sometmes if cardboard material with some insulation glued to it.

[xkeowner]

I insulated the garage door with kits I believe I bought at Lowe's. It made a significant difference although the garage still gets quite warm. We have both a refrigerator and a freezer in the garage and both work fine.

[Dirigo]

We have an upright freezer and the fridge that came with the house in our garage.
We had the ice maker in the fridge hooked up to the water supply line. We have an extra ice container in that fridge as well so we always have plenty of ice. Also makes it easier when loading up a cooler.

We keep the fridge full of beer, soft drinks, wine, and water. We keep the freezer full of meats and veg we get on sale.

The garage door is insulated and we have a solar attic fan. The garage is usually three to five degrees cooler than the outside temperature (unless there is a rainstorm that suddenly and drastically reduces the outdoor temperature.

We have a ranch/cottage home. Our electric bill is $160 at most in the summer. But we also keep the house at 75 during the day and 71 at night, so that accounts for most of the power we use.