A chest freezer will last longer if the power goes out. An upright loses it's cool right away. I had the repair man explain that unopened. the upright would last about a day, the chest freezer unopened could last about 3. It took Sears too long to come out to repair my freezer, so I replaced it with a new chest freezer.
It was the defroster timer in my upright that went out. I didn't realize it was malfunctioning and heating up the freezer until I saw the blood from the meat on my floor. A self defrosting freezer might save a little work, but it is the part that lost me all of my frozen food that year.
A chest freezer will last longer if the power goes out. An upright loses it's cool right away. I had the repair man explain that unopened. the upright would last about a day, the chest freezer unopened could last about 3. It took Sears too long to come out to repair my freezer, so I replaced it with a new chest freezer.
Interesting, didn’t know that! Still, ya hafta defrost the chest freezer and the upright is self defrosting.
It was the defroster timer in my upright that went out. I didn't realize it was malfunctioning and heating up the freezer until I saw the blood from the meat on my floor. A self defrosting freezer might save a little work, but it is the part that lost me all of my frozen food that year.
Ok, sorry for your loss, hopefully insurance covered it.
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