(post power outage, where we were periodically cooling off the fridge with backup power)
"There's some lunch meat in the fridge."
Me: "I dunno"
"Open it up and smell it"
Me: "Hmm...." (30 seconds later) RETCH, RETCH, BILE, RETCH... runs outside to dump it in the yard can for composting.
(Note: need to run the fridge more than once every 12 hours. The freezer was fine -- ice cream didn't even get soft--but the fridge got too warm).
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Hawk1291
In response to this post@ai6yr I use the 1:4 rule. 1 hour of run time every 4 hours of off time. Works well in the South Texas summer heat.
@Hawk1291 Thank you!!!
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I thought you were talking about Windows at first.
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Cecilia Mjausson Huster
In response to this post@ai6yr Ugh.
Eggs, hard cheeses, yogurt and many condiments are probably fine. I'd be very suspicious of anything else.
@mjausson So far, eggs and oat milk were good (not dead yet from yesterday LOL)... meat... bad news. Very bad news. Very very very bad news.
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Jolie
In response to this post@ai6yr I use a remote fridge temp sensor with display & alarm 24/7/365. They’re pretty cheap, and it was hugely helpful during the 3+ day outage I had back in November.
I moved critical stuff into a 12v cooler running on a portable power station, and was mostly monitoring the elderly upright freezer downstairs. For that, a few hours per day on a tiny propane generator was enough to keep that in the safe range (some ice crystals noticed post-outage, but it never went above 25°).
@Joliekitsune Remote temp sensor would be more accurate!
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