I'm the guy with 12 chest freezers used in my business. I have two freezers that are hard to get started if left not running for long, otherwise they cool fine and run at or below
-10*F. When empty we may not get product to fill them, a couple months later when I turn it on, the internal breaker opens, and it continues cycle on and off until finally it starts. Can take an hour or more, but I stop after a while to let it cool down. Could a defective start capacitor be the cause? If not what could be the cause? My wife is threatening to leave it running while empty. Mikek