Can a chest freezer be used as a refrigerator

A guy once asked me, "can a chest freezer be used as a refrigerator?", so today I want to write about this interesting subject so that you will know about the dos and don't s in using your chest freezer.

Can a chest freezer be used as a refrigerator?

If you don't have any problem with budget then you can go and buy fridge for beverages like the one people had in restaurants or any other hospitality industries but that will cost you thousands of Dollars, so if you're on a tight budget then by all means just follow these tips.

Now the answer to your question is YES you can use a chest freezer to act like a fridge or refrigerator too, a lot of home brewer s are using a chest freezers to store their Kegerators. But to have the chest freezer function properly like a refrigerator, you would need to buy an external temperature regulator/thermostat and what this baby can do is to control the on and off cycle of the chest freezer in order to stabilize its temperature, this device is sold at around 50 bucks.

Chest Freezer VS Regular Freezer

Did you know that a chest freezer is far more efficient than a refrigerator? Even though a refrigerator is well designed but when you open the door then the cold air will come out from the fridge onto the floor and it is not happening to chest freezer because you open the door from the top, how is this important? well when you realize that a fridge will need 1kWh per day while a chest freezer only need 0.1 kWh then you'd know just how efficient a chest freezer really is.

So can a chest freezer be used as a refrigerator? Yes but using an external device to control the on and off cycle of your chest freezer. If you have a limited space in your house or maybe you live in an apartment and wanted to buy a chest freezer then maybe you're wondering can a chest freezer be kept outside your house?

 Please share your experience using this external device on chest freezer reviews .