"Janet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:09:54 AM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > They are doing electrical upgrades in my area and we were warned of a
>> >
>> > planned power outage from Tues. to Fri. from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
>> > The
>> >
>> > outage began just before 9:00 a.m. on Wed. But something went wrong
>> > and
>> >
>> > they were unable to restore power until after midnight. My fridge was
>> > at an
>> >
>> > unsafe temp. and most of what was in the freezer was clearly thawed or
>> >
>> > thawing.
>
> You must have really poor insulation in your freezer. When there's
> ample warning of a cut, you should prepare by running the freezer on
> "superfreeze" for several hours before the cut, covering it with a
> duvet, etc, not opening its door at all.
I have a side by side and there is no "superfreeze" setting. The door was
not opened at all. And there was not ample warning of the cut. They only
let us know a few days prior and the freezer was already full.
>
> A year ago we had a three day power outage (with no warning). With no
> idea how long it would last , I covered the freezer and left the door
> shut until the power came back on 3 days later.. the entire contents of
> my fairly new, high-insulation freezer were still cold and hard. We lost
> nothing.
Your freezers must be different. My parents used to lose power for 2 weeks
at a time before their electrical was upgraded. We lost power in NY for
about a week. In all cases, the stuff was mostly ruined before the end of
the 2nd day. And it wasn't just our freezer. I can remember the neighbors
all running outside with melting ice cream and Popsicles trying to find some
kid to eat them.