One is a smaller chest freezer, about 3 feet tall, probably 10cuft if I had to guess. The other is a smaller Hamilton Beach upright freezer from Costco. Both are full, so that helps with keeping them cold.
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slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
What kind of freezers are they? I hear that top loading freezers are quite efficient because the cool doesn’t escape when it gets opened like a front loading one.
lka1988@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Both are full so it reduces the amount of cold air that can escape when you open them.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Without space between the contents, though, they freeze in phases and it affects how they come out. Watch our or just keep air gaps.
AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
Is your upright the one with all the little compartments? That one looked to me like the most efficient upright design I’ve ever seen.
lka1988@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Yep, it’s awesome. We got it for $300 to supplement the smaller chest freezer, and it’s been an absolute godsend.
dmtalon@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
And why the old “ice boxes” are top load only. And why most boat fridges/freezers are top-load, because energy is scares/finite when disconnected from power.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Evaporative clay-pot coolers are also top-load for efficiency.
lka1988@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Any time I clear out the chest freezer to defrost or get to something at the bottom, the lower half stays below freezing for quite a while. Love that little freezer.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
That’s true; once everything inside is brought down to temp, they use very little power to stay cold.
My regular fridge uses ~500-800wh a day (depending on how much it got opened). My chest freezer though, uses ~200wh/day pretty consistently.