Puester > wrote:

>Michael Horowitz wrote:
>>
>> Folks - I'd like to partition my chest freezer into two spaces:
>> One partition would hold items I would use in the short term and would
>> contain prepared/sealed meals and produce that, should the power go
>> off for an extended period of time, we'd eat until the stuff starts to
>> thaw.
>> The other partition would hold things I won't need to get to, but
>> would like to protect them in hopes the power would be restored in a
>> reasonable period of time.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest how I can insulate the second partition in hopes
>> of extending the life of its contents? - Mike
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>1. Intuition tells me that partitioning the freezer
>would block air-and-cold circulation and might
>be a Bad Thing.


++++ I think you're right
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>2. Unless you have a gas stove, you can't cook during
>a power outage anyway.

+++wood stove, Coleman white gas stove, propane grill.


>That said, my elderly father-in-law swears by laying
>a sheet of styrofoam (about 2 inches thick) across
>the top of the food in his chest frreezer. He says
>it provides "extra insulation". YMMV

+++ There's an idea. Thanks

>
>gloria p