Why is there ice on the floor of my Traulsen freezer?

Ice on the cabinet floor usually means defrost water is not getting out. A failed drain heater or a blocked drain line is the common cause. We check both and the defrost system that feeds them.

My garage chest freezer near Mountain Island Lake won't stay cold in summer. Why?

Many freezers are built for a limited range of room temperatures, and a hot garage can push past it. Keep the freezer out of direct sun with space around it. If it struggles even when the garage is moderate, a thermostat, start relay or sealed-system problem may need diagnosis.

After a long outage in Coulwood, my upright freezer is frosting up. Is it damaged?

It may have a defrost system problem, or ice from the thaw may be blocking airflow. Defrost it fully and see whether it recovers. If frost returns quickly, the defrost heater, sensor or control likely needs testing.

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Traulsen Freezers: What We Check First

Traulsen reach-in and roll-in freezers use the same overhead layout as the brand's refrigerators, with a top-mounted condensing unit and an evaporator inside the cabinet, plus a defrost system that keeps the coil clear of frost. On a schedule set by the control, the compressor pauses, a heater warms the evaporator, water drains through a heated line, and a termination device ends the cycle when the coil has cleared.

Open defrost heater allowing solid ice across the evaporator
Termination device ending defrost early or overheating the coil
Drain line heater failure backing frozen water into the cabinet
Cold-stiffened gaskets cracking and admitting humid kitchen air

The full explanation, including what you can safely check yourself and when repair beats replacement, is in our Traulsen freezer repair guide.

Garage Heat and Long Outages

Chest freezers and uprights often live in the garage here, holding bulk groceries or a catch from the lake. A closed garage in midsummer can exceed what many freezers are designed for, so they run constantly, frost up or slowly warm. Outages are the other risk: wooded neighborhoods near Mountain Island Lake and in Coulwood can lose power for long stretches when storms bring trees down, and a freezer full of thawed and refrozen food may come back with a jammed defrost or control issue. Older homes along the Beatties Ford Road corridor sometimes keep a long-serving freezer in a utility room or carport space with similar heat challenges.

After an Outage and Before a Visit

Keep the lid or door closed during an outage, and after power returns, give the freezer several hours to recover before restocking. A thermometer inside helps you catch problems early. Unplug the unit before vacuuming exposed coils. If it never reaches temperature, we test the fans, defrost parts, thermostat and start components, and we say so when a sealed-system failure makes replacement the better choice.