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Ok, so I bought this freezer last year just for snake food. It is in my garage, all was great. Well now all of a sudden its running but not as cold, there is still ice on the inside but I know its not cold because the fish food that was in there is not frozen. Well all of my small rats are now cold but not frozen, I assume they are no good anymore, the rabbits are still frozen, but I can press them and feel the ice move. So I assume those are no good. What do you think? I am so mad at this freezer, how could it not be working. Its running just not cold, any ideas.

Sounds like one of two things:

Either you bought a "coil type" freezer that depends on freezer coils running along each shelf, in which case the shelves are iced over and this is causing the thermostat to experience a mis-read. In this scenario you need to de-ice your freezer, and then start her up again.

Or,... if you have a traditional type freezer,. you might have a freon leak or need a new compressor. Any which way you look at this scenario, it's better and probably cheaper to get a new freezer, rather than pay a couple hundred to fix an old one.

Hope this helps good buddy

>>Ok, so I bought this freezer last year just for snake food. It is in my garage, all was great. Well now all of a sudden its running but not as cold, there is still ice on the inside but I know its not cold because the fish food that was in there is not frozen. Well all of my small rats are now cold but not frozen, I assume they are no good anymore, the rabbits are still frozen, but I can press them and feel the ice move. So I assume those are no good. What do you think? I am so mad at this freezer, how could it not be working. Its running just not cold, any ideas.
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"If I had 365 enemies it would only take a year out of my life to settle all scores. Heck, much less if some live in the same states as others" Mia Myselfani

"All deeds be they good or bad shall be repaid one hundred fold." Yers Troolie

Smell the food. If it does not have a "rotting" odor then it should be okay. If it has been thawed, yet kept very cold for only a week or two, it is no different from us keeping steak in the fridge for a while. The cold greatly delays any rapid biodegration process, though does not stop it completely like a frozen state does.

>>Sounds like one of two things:
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>>Either you bought a "coil type" freezer that depends on freezer coils running along each shelf, in which case the shelves are iced over and this is causing the thermostat to experience a mis-read. In this scenario you need to de-ice your freezer, and then start her up again.
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>>Or,... if you have a traditional type freezer,. you might have a freon leak or need a new compressor. Any which way you look at this scenario, it's better and probably cheaper to get a new freezer, rather than pay a couple hundred to fix an old one.
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>>Hope this helps good buddy
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>>>>Ok, so I bought this freezer last year just for snake food. It is in my garage, all was great. Well now all of a sudden its running but not as cold, there is still ice on the inside but I know its not cold because the fish food that was in there is not frozen. Well all of my small rats are now cold but not frozen, I assume they are no good anymore, the rabbits are still frozen, but I can press them and feel the ice move. So I assume those are no good. What do you think? I am so mad at this freezer, how could it not be working. Its running just not cold, any ideas.
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>>"If I had 365 enemies it would only take a year out of my life to settle all scores. Heck, much less if some live in the same states as others" Mia Myselfani
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>>"All deeds be they good or bad shall be repaid one hundred fold." Yers Troolie
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"If I had 365 enemies it would only take a year out of my life to settle all scores. Heck, much less if some live in the same states as others" Mia Myselfani

"All deeds be they good or bad shall be repaid one hundred fold." Yers Troolie

Man that makes me mad