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Problem is, freezers typically run 40% of the time. If you let it get up to -10C, the duty cycle will be a fair bit lower, but still quite high, while only dra
by MatthiasWandel 6y ago
Problem is, freezers typically run 40% of the time. If you let it get up to -10C, the duty cycle will be a fair bit lower, but still quite high, while only drawing about 100 watts.
But that's a lot of money to spend protecting food hoarding. Dry goods would be better for emergency cases.
- stblack 6y agoThe idea is more, if the freezer contains between CAD 1,000 and CAD 2,700 worth of food, how to keep it viable and not lose everything in a 1.75+ standard deviation power outage. The generator is insurance, not a lifeboat.
- ghaff 6y agoI think what parent is saying is that buying that much food "just in case" and then having to buy generator backup because you now have such an investment in that food is expensive insurance. Personally, I did buy some extra frozen food early on when grocery stores were pretty wiped out but nothing remotely like that. What makes me periodically think about a generator is a sustained outage in freezing temperatures in winter. Given that more or less the worst that can happen in summer is I have to throw out a bunch of food, I'm not sure the generator makes sense.