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Can I ask how you checked this? We suspect our freezer is oscillating from freezing to not freezing, and I'd like to get an idea of the variance of temperature
by mattgreenrocks 3y ago
Can I ask how you checked this?
We suspect our freezer is oscillating from freezing to not freezing, and I'd like to get an idea of the variance of temperatures over a 24-48 hr period.
- boplicity 3y agoIf it's a freezer, put something heavy-ish on top of a thin layer of ice. If it sinks below the ice, then you know it's thawed.
- jacquesm 3y agoI love this way of thinking. Low tech, infallible.
- epolanski 3y ago> We suspect our freezer is oscillating from freezing to not freezing That's how no frost works by blowing the cold but moisty air inside to the outside, this indeed raises the temperature briefly in the freezer. But this only can become an issue if you're opening the fridge so many times a day.
- leetrout 3y agoI bought an analog fridge thermometer and an alarming digital thermometer. The defrost cycle would set the alarm off but the analog thermometer would not move above ~40F So once it alarmed I watched the analog thermometer go up above 45F and stay there for hours. The back of the fridge was freezing over and preventing the fridge from working correctly. I bought the repair kit from the recall / service bulletin a couple years ago so that bought me a year or so of continued use.
- Marsymars 3y agoYou can get a dumb thermometer that tracks min/max temps. This has come in useful for me a number of times: https://mondiproducts.com/product/mini-thermo-hygrometer/ https://mondiproducts.com/product/mini-thermo-hygrometer/