I have a 5-month old NEW small upright freezer in garage (in Texas) and it is plugged into a GFCI outlet "in the garage". Yes, no AC in garage. I had no idea this outlet could be a problem!
The freezer ran perfect, but while away on vacation in late June/early July, the outlet "tripped". Everything was ruined. We were away about 3 weeks & no one was at home during that time.
Two electricians said it could have tripped for numerous reasons...an electrical storm, outdoor outlets on same line, etc.
Can I have outlet replaced with a single normal outlet for this freezer? This is really the only place I have for freezer.

 

One addition to my above post...the freezer is now plugged into same GFCI outlet and is running fine. It has been plugged in for 3 days, freezer is very cold & no problems seem to be with freezer.

 

Garage receptacles are required to be GFCI. If you have some one local to help if you loose power there are apps to monitor for power outages. A quick Google came up with this one but there may be better alternatives. https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....powercut.free

 

Can you? Sure you can, but it would be a code violation. There was a time when a refrigerator or freezer could be dedicated to a single receptacle in a garage and that receptacle didn't have to be GFCI protected, but the code changes every 3 years and that allowance gone.