Foam board partition in fridge/freezer???

[vagari]

I like the Whynter 62qt dual zone. One side fridge and one freezer. Cost is $719 at Home Depot now. The 65qt single zone is only $476. I'd like some frozen stuff but this one is $250 cheaper.

I just read a review on Amazon where someone said they took foam board insulation and made a partition so stuff closest to the cooling unit stays frozen while the other side stays cold but not frozen. He had to punch a few holes in the foam. Anyone ever try this with any compressor freezer?

Here's the review
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3S8COCXOHDTFA/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B002W8DM5I

 

[TucsonAZ]

I like the Whynter 62qt dual zone. One side fridge and one freezer. Cost is $719 at Home Depot now. The 65qt single zone is only $476. I'd like some frozen stuff but this one is $250 cheaper.

I just read a review on Amazon where someone said they took foam board insulation and made a partition so stuff closest to the cooling unit stays frozen while the other side stays cold but not frozen. He had to punch a few holes in the foam. Anyone ever try this with any compressor freezer?

Here's the review
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3S8COCXOHDTFA/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B002W8DM5I

I thought about doing this with a normal chest freezer converted to run at a warmer temp, making a partition for the top to 1) keep the lower items colder, not lose as much cold when opening and 2) allow for the top to act as a fridge.

This would of course require you to stay on top of some things, the more you opened it the warmer the top would be, the less it would eventually equalize with the bottom temps. So you would have to regulate the temps by opening it.

 

[akrvbob]

The 65 qt is pretty large so I think you could do it. There is no fan so all the cold comes in though the walls and I don't think it would be a good idea to keep any of it out. I'd be concerned that it would just run constantly trying to bring the temperature down.

I think I would use a small cooler inside it for the things you didn't want frozen. That way the all the cold would get in but those things would be insulated and not freeze.

I'm a huge fan of the Whytner. I haven't had it long enough to establish a reliability record but so far it is the best one I've seen. Here is my review of it and comparison to a Dometic.
http://www.cheaprvliving.com/blog/r...-and-dometic-12-volt-compressor-refigerators/
Bob