Re:How long does a freezer stay frozen when the power goes out?
by ghaff on Monday August 10, 2020 @07:49AM
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There are also propane fridges/freezers but they are also smaller. (Though at the point where you have a large propane tank, you could arguably just as well have a backup generator.)
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Re:How long does a freezer stay frozen when the power goes out?
by Gibbon1 on Monday August 10, 2020 @05:11PM
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My impression is the big advantage of absorption fridges is they will run off a tank of propane for a long time. But Downside they are very slow to cool down and running off AC/DC they aren't very efficient.
But yeah cheapest thing to do is get a furnace transfer switch and a generator. That seems to be how rural people in the upper midwest avoid freezing to death when the power goes out in the winter.