[Piwoslaw]

Originally Posted by Cd

I plan to place the chest freezer in my laundry closet, which has sliding doors and the right type of outlet. Would a small closet just trap in the heat generated by the fridge ?( I should add that the closet is empty - so no washing and drying will take place there )

If the doors are not solid and allow a lot of air circulation, then it won't be that bad. Just make sure that if the radiator coils are in the back that they don't touch the wall. I know someone who kept his computer in a closet and was always angry that it kept overheating and switching off.

Originally Posted by Cd

One last very important question - one that my decision hangs on actually, is whether or not parts of the chest fridge can be used to store frozen food.

Most likely you will have shelves in the chest, and since warm air rises, the temperature closer to the top will be above freezing, while at the bottom you might get below. This all depends on where you place the temp sensor and how you set it, but the temperature difference between top and bottom won't be more than a few degrees, so don't count on deep freezing anything. Barely frozen would be a better term.

I'll write more after the weekend.