ARES Cool 17 cu. ft. Single Swing Solid Door Manual Defrost Laboratory Freezer

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ARES Cool 17 cu. ft. Single Swing Solid Door Manual Defrost Laboratory Freezer – Product Highlights

• With 17 cu. ft. of dedicated frozen storage capacity — approximately 21% more than the ARES Cool 14 cu. ft. model — this unit serves higher-volume pharmaceutical and laboratory frozen storage requirements for shared-access research lab frozen sample collections, central pharmacy frozen medication inventory, blood bank frozen product storage, cannabis extract cold storage, and vivarium frozen supply programs that exceed compact upright freezer capacity thresholds.
• The broader 30.875″ W × 28.75″ D cabinet footprint provides increased frozen storage shelf area per level across six fixed shelves, accommodating larger frozen sample containers, bulk pharmaceutical frozen inventory, multi-rack blood product storage, and high-volume frozen reagent and enzyme collections that require wider shelf clearance than the 14 cu. ft. model’s narrower 23.875″ interior width supports.
• Manual defrost eliminates the temperature excursions introduced by auto-defrost heating cycles, maintaining uninterrupted frozen cold chain temperature integrity at -15°C to -25°C for pharmaceutical frozen inventory, biological specimens, and blood products where periodic warming — even brief — can compromise material viability in GLP/GMP-adjacent, blood bank, and clinical research frozen storage applications; see why manual defrost matters in blood bank and pharmaceutical cold storage selection.
• Comprehensive alarm coverage — audible and visual high temperature, low temperature, sensor error, and power failure alerts — protects the higher frozen inventory value associated with a 17 cu. ft. shared-access laboratory freezer, ensuring lab managers and pharmacy staff are immediately notified of any cold chain disruption before frozen sample or pharmaceutical integrity is compromised.
• Operating on R290 natural propane with ETL Listing and ENERGY STAR certification, this unit meets ARES Cool energy-efficient laboratory freezer compliance standards for institutional procurement across research universities, hospital pharmacies, blood banks, biopharma manufacturing facilities, and clinical laboratories requiring a larger-capacity dedicated frozen storage unit; backed by ARES Scientific’s two-year parts and labor warranty and five-year compressor parts warranty covering the full ARES Cool upright freezer portfolio; explore all ARES Scientific freezer options across the cold storage line to match the right capacity to your facility’s frozen storage volume.

Frequently Asked Questions – ARES Cool 17 cu. ft. Single Swing Solid Door Manual Defrost Laboratory Freezer

What is ARES Cool?

ARES Cool is ARES Scientific’s proprietary line of laboratory and medical-grade cold storage equipment, designed and sold exclusively through ARES Scientific to serve blood banks, pharmacies, clinical labs, vivariums, pathology departments, research institutions, and cannabis operations — the ARS-HC-MFP-17P is the higher-capacity manual defrost upright laboratory freezer in the ARES Cool cold storage line, purpose-built for facilities requiring stable -15°C to -25°C frozen storage at 17 cu. ft. where the 14 cu. ft. model no longer covers operational inventory demand.

How does this 17 cu. ft. model differ from the ARES Cool 14 cu. ft. manual defrost freezer?

The ARS-HC-MFP-17P provides 17 cu. ft. of frozen storage compared to 14 cu. ft. on the ARS-HC-MFP-14P — a 21% capacity increase — in a wider and deeper cabinet (30.875 in × 28.75 in vs. 23.875 in × 24.125 in) that supports higher-volume frozen inventory workflows in blood banks, pharmacy freezer rooms, vivarium supply areas, and research facilities; both models share the same -15°C to -25°C temperature range, R290 refrigerant, manual defrost system, ETL listing, ENERGY STAR certification, six fixed shelves, and warranty terms, making capacity and floor footprint the primary selection criteria between them.

Why choose manual defrost for a laboratory freezer?

Manual defrost laboratory freezers maintain more consistent internal temperatures than auto defrost models by eliminating the periodic compressor-driven heat cycles that auto defrost systems use to clear ice buildup — those cycles can cause temporary temperature excursions that compromise frozen plasma, biological reagents, pharmaceutical samples, and cannabis extracts; manual defrost is preferred for sample-integrity-critical frozen storage workflows where temperature stability outweighs the maintenance convenience of automatic defrost, though it does require scheduled manual defrost as part of a facility freezer maintenance protocol.

What applications is this 17 cu. ft. freezer used for?

The ARES Cool 17 cu. ft. Manual Defrost Laboratory Freezer is used in blood banks with higher frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate inventory volume, pharmacy freezer rooms managing expanded frozen medication stock, vivarium supply areas storing large frozen reagent and biological sample collections, pathology departments, cannabis extraction facilities, and university and commercial research labs where a higher-capacity dedicated upright manual defrost freezer is the appropriate configuration for growing or high-throughput frozen storage requirements.

What installation considerations apply to the 17 cu. ft. model?

The ARS-HC-MFP-17P operates on a standard 115V, 60 Hz, 3.5 amp NEMA 5-15 circuit — the same electrical requirement as the 14 cu. ft. model — but its larger physical footprint (30.875 in wide, 28.75 in deep, 249 lbs) requires careful pre-installation planning for floor space allocation, doorway access, and floor load capacity in blood bank freezer rooms, pharmacy cold storage areas, and vivarium support facilities; adequate airflow clearance around the cabinet is recommended per manufacturer guidelines for optimal compressor performance and energy efficiency.

What certifications does this freezer carry?

The ARS-HC-MFP-17P is ETL Listed — confirming it meets NRTL safety standards equivalent to UL listing for laboratory equipment — and ENERGY STAR Certified, confirming it meets EPA energy efficiency standards for the 17 cu. ft. upright laboratory freezer category; R290 refrigerant’s extremely low global warming potential further supports institutional sustainability commitments and green procurement requirements for facilities evaluating both energy performance and environmental impact in laboratory freezer procurement.