Freezer contingency
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Not enough......I normally go to my outside deep freezer once a week and bring whatever I need inside. It would be easy to lose a freezer full of deer sausage and burger. Thanks for posting.
My deep freezer sits on a rear screened in porch.....I wonder if one of those wireless thermometers would work with the base inside, possibly at the fridge. I could check temp when I grabbed a beer. Nobody would be more in tune with their outside freezer temp than I would.
I have three. They are checked frequently.
I don't give them time to do that.
Is this the title to your latest rap album?
Seriously though, what does this mean?
I have a few 10lb blocks of ice in the freezer. They’ve kept things cold in there during power outages
Do you know where you can buy dry ice near you? Assuming that you catch the problem quickly you could easily keep things frozen until the freezer is repaired or the new freezer arrives.
Harris Teeter is convenient, but expensive.
Harris Teeter is convenient, but expensive.
Ikarus1
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If i could those deer capes out we could fit some moarSniff, siff, it's beautiful!
Dry ice is stable at about -100F, so in your freezer it will slowly convert to gas, but a few pounds of the stuff will keep your freezer frozen for a couple days if you don’t open the door. Remote monitor and replace when the temp gets above 0 and you could keep it going forever.
BTW, a 1 lb block of dry ice placed under a cold keg of beer will freeze it solid in a couple hours.
Yellow light at the bottom of the freezers, ice cube in each. Freezers are not frost free which simplifies operation. Hope like hell Freezer karma will not hurt me.
A wireless meat thermometer works pretty well for keeping an eye on things. Stick the probe in the freezer and the transmitter on top (some have a thermometer reading on them too) then take the main unit inside. Of course you can read the temp directly in the kitchen or whereever but many units also have an alarm that beeps when the temperature goes above a set point so just set it as low as it goes (often only 20 degrees or so - it is a meat cooking thermometer after all) and it should let you know if it getting too warm in there.
Another trick is to fill a bottle about halfway with water and freeze it . Then turn it over if you go on a trip for a few days and if you return to find the water/ice on the bottom, you'll know that the power was out for awhile.
Another trick is to fill a bottle about halfway with water and freeze it . Then turn it over if you go on a trip for a few days and if you return to find the water/ice on the bottom, you'll know that the power was out for awhile.
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spittinfire
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I'm in my freezer too often to need to do much more monitoring. I've thought about a second freezer for more long term storage and if that happens I'll probably end up with some type of thermometer. I have thought A LOT about a generator and even had a 6500kvw unit that would have powered my appliances with no issues but some a-hole stole it from my locked storage building.
We are in them every other day at least. Meat is in the chest freezer. Misc in the upright. I have some milk jugs frozen in there too. I had a wired thermometer but it was kind of useless. The best thing I have is the green light on the bottom of the chest freezer. With the upright had a light.
Best thing we have done is teach my youngest how to close the door right. Most of our issues were from her not closing it completely.
Best thing we have done is teach my youngest how to close the door right. Most of our issues were from her not closing it completely.
Dry ice sublimates above about -109 degrees F. Obviously, the higher the temperature, the faster it sublimates.
It's a great way to help get your freezer contents through periods of no power, not to mention your refrigerator as well. Dry Ice is one of the things shipped into areas hit hard by tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. and is make available for free at distribution centers.
If needed, pick it up in a cooler, take it straight home, and put it in your freezer...then keep your freezer SHUT until you absolutely have to get something out of it. When you do open it, do so as briefly as you can, take the tuff out you want immediately, note the amount of dry ice you have left, and shut that door right away. This will make it last as long as possible. Resist the urge to open the freezer for any other reason.