Chest freezer seal

marco_79

Hi All

We have a chest freezer in our garage because the one in the kitchen is to small. The problem is it makes a awful noise, I think its the door seal not sealing properly, I say this because when you push down on it or hit it, the noise stops for a short while.

I wonder if this is costing more in electricity, freezer was a hand me down from parents +10years old.

Can the door be fixed or would we better looking into getting a new one or is it ok to just leave it like this.

Questions Questions what a pest I am.

Marco

Queenie

To check to see if the seal is still ok .... close the door with a sheet of paper hanging out ... if you can pull the piece of paper out ... the seal isn't working correctly.

marco_79

will try that when i get home still at work just now.

micko2602

May actuall be that the door is warped. I had this on a freezer a few years back. Nothing you can do if that is the case, as a new door will be more almost impossible to find.
If its the seal, do a search on the net for the make and model number of the freezer and keywords like seal, and you should find a relacement seal.

The compressor will be working harder to keep compressing the gas to keep the freezer cold. So if it can be fixed if will save some money.
If it is no good, I think you have to pay for freezers to be removed now so they are disposed of correctly.

Hope this helps.

Ted_Hutchinson

When our freezer seal was past it's use by date the freezer kept icing up round the top, so if you are getting a fairly quick build up of ice near the seal you can be fairly certain that's where the cold air is seeping out.
Our freezer is a Bosch and they have an online sales section for spare parts and once I entered the model number the new seal part number and price was easily found. The delivery charge was a bit steep but I think that was because the new seal arrived in a box slightly bigger than the top of the freezer. Presumably they can't be stored/delivered folded. Fixing it was straightforward but you may consider spending that amount of money on a new seal may be better spent on replacing the current freezer with a new more efficient one anyway.
This isn't a recommendation for this particular model as there may be others as good but you can see that buying a freezer which may actually cut your electicity bill may be in your best interests longterm. If your freezer is really over 10 yrs old it is likely that switching to an A+ rated freezer will cut your bill by at least £35.