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Hello,
A couple of years ago, we inherited an antique Sears Coldspot upright freezer from my wife's grandmother. The grandmother's parents bought it new in the early 1950s, and it had been running in the grandmother's garage since the 1980s. It's been in near continuous use since it was new unless it was unplugged for defrosting.
We first put it into a storage room off of our garage, and it seemed to work fine. But it made that room very hot in the summer, and I wanted the room for other purposes. So, I moved it out to a corner of our garage. It seemed to work fine there as well.
I usually defrosted it every two or three months. It needed defrosting in late November, so I put the food in our inside fridge and unplugged the coldspot. I ended up out of town until just before Christmas, and it stayed unplugged the whole time. In the meantime, it got some mildew inside. I cleaned it up and plugged it back in about three weeks ago.
Two nights ago, I went out to put some more stuff in it, and found that it was no longer at freezing temperature and all the stuff in it had defrosted and needed to be thrown away. I checked the thermostat adjustment and nothing seemed amiss, so I closed the door and hoped for the best.
It was still not working correctly yesterday. It seems closer to freezing today, but not as cold as it used to get.
As far as we know, the freezer has been trouble-free its whole life. It has sounded a bit different this week. Usually, it makes a quiet, steady noise while the compressor is running. This week, the sound has changed volume rhythmically. The coils aren't fastened to anything at their top, and when I push the top of the coils against the back of the freezer, the sound changes back to the more steady noise.
Is my freezer dying and is there anything I can do to fix it? Also, could its operation be affected by cold outdoor temperatures?
Thank you,
-Bill
A couple of years ago, we inherited an antique Sears Coldspot upright freezer from my wife's grandmother. The grandmother's parents bought it new in the early 1950s, and it had been running in the grandmother's garage since the 1980s. It's been in near continuous use since it was new unless it was unplugged for defrosting.
We first put it into a storage room off of our garage, and it seemed to work fine. But it made that room very hot in the summer, and I wanted the room for other purposes. So, I moved it out to a corner of our garage. It seemed to work fine there as well.
I usually defrosted it every two or three months. It needed defrosting in late November, so I put the food in our inside fridge and unplugged the coldspot. I ended up out of town until just before Christmas, and it stayed unplugged the whole time. In the meantime, it got some mildew inside. I cleaned it up and plugged it back in about three weeks ago.
Two nights ago, I went out to put some more stuff in it, and found that it was no longer at freezing temperature and all the stuff in it had defrosted and needed to be thrown away. I checked the thermostat adjustment and nothing seemed amiss, so I closed the door and hoped for the best.
It was still not working correctly yesterday. It seems closer to freezing today, but not as cold as it used to get.
As far as we know, the freezer has been trouble-free its whole life. It has sounded a bit different this week. Usually, it makes a quiet, steady noise while the compressor is running. This week, the sound has changed volume rhythmically. The coils aren't fastened to anything at their top, and when I push the top of the coils against the back of the freezer, the sound changes back to the more steady noise.
Is my freezer dying and is there anything I can do to fix it? Also, could its operation be affected by cold outdoor temperatures?
Thank you,
-Bill
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