Lost a freezer last night
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Years ago I came home from vacation and my freezer door in the basement was partially open. It appeared that I had something leaning against the wall that slid down the wall and hit the door handle just perfect to knock it ajar. Everything was thawed and rotten and the stinky deer blood went into my dry sewer in the basement. Man did that stink forever regardless what I put down the drain. The crazy part is the freezer is still working to this day. Not sure how long it was running 24/7 because of the door being ajar. To this day its going on about 15 years old and still works great for a small upright.
Man I’m glad I caught it, I had a bunch of deer and elk meat in mine too. Don’t want that smell.
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Jonathon Ditto Again for you & Chef. Told my wife it sounded like two adolescent boys hashing it out, but you guys hit the nail on the head.
calldoctoday I watched part of it but not much.Someone told me the last time they saw something like that it was from the balcony of the muppet show!
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Years ago I came home from vacation and my freezer door in the basement was partially open. It appeared that I had something leaning against the wall that slid down the wall and hit the door handle just perfect to knock it ajar. Everything was thawed and rotten and the stinky deer blood went into my dry sewer in the basement. Man did that stink forever regardless what I put down the drain. The crazy part is the freezer is still working to this day. Not sure how long it was running 24/7 because of the door being ajar. To this day its going on about 15 years old and still works great for a small upright.
KenfromMI Definitely been there & done that before & understand that smell.
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It appears that I will need to get a new freezer. I needed a break from that Presidential debate last night and decided to go and grab a dessert from the freezer. I see water on the floor in the basement. I must have caught it when the failure just happened, as the contents were still pretty hard frozen. I quickly transferred everything to my chest freezer in the garage. Time to get a new freezer I guess. They don’t make them like that anymore. It was a good one! So thankful I caught it on time - Would have lost well over 100 pounds of sausage, deer, elk, etc…
lkrfletcher this is my biggest fear, i got a 1/2 beef, and a hog and a half coming next week. Not to mention the already processed 150lbs of brats andprobably about 50 packages of snack sticks along with other grocery items. 2 big chest freezers. I hope i have enough room!!!
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lkrfletcher this is my biggest fear, i got a 1/2 beef, and a hog and a half coming next week. Not to mention the already processed 150lbs of brats andprobably about 50 packages of snack sticks along with other grocery items. 2 big chest freezers. I hope i have enough room!!!
twilliams I’m looking into a wifi alarm to prevent disasters. Does anyone use one and have suggestions?
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lkrfletcher this is my biggest fear, i got a 1/2 beef, and a hog and a half coming next week. Not to mention the already processed 150lbs of brats andprobably about 50 packages of snack sticks along with other grocery items. 2 big chest freezers. I hope i have enough room!!!
twilliams
I think I may get another chest freezer for backup.Life is a Garden - Dig it.
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twilliams
I think I may get another chest freezer for backup.lkrfletcher Well, if you are anything like me, I would fill that one up as well…LOL
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lkrfletcher Well, if you are anything like me, I would fill that one up as well…LOL
@Chef-your probably right. I guess it is the chance we take in this hobby / job.
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Quite a bit late to the game but in my experience outside of a leak of refrigerant in the system the start capacitor likely went out. These are fairly cheap parts to replace and an easy, and fairly cheap diagnostic tool is something like a Supco RCO410 Start Kit (for 1/4-1/3 hp compressors for $12-15.00. You can also use these as replacement parts to keep the freezer running or purchase the correct start capacitor for your model once you have established that the freezer will run with the above installed (about a 15 mni project). I have saved many home freezers over the years checking to see what has gone wrong when a freezer takes a dive. I have 9 freezers running right now to hold the pork and poultry we raise as well as storing a buddy’s (who is off grid) frozen eat.
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Quite a bit late to the game but in my experience outside of a leak of refrigerant in the system the start capacitor likely went out. These are fairly cheap parts to replace and an easy, and fairly cheap diagnostic tool is something like a Supco RCO410 Start Kit (for 1/4-1/3 hp compressors for $12-15.00. You can also use these as replacement parts to keep the freezer running or purchase the correct start capacitor for your model once you have established that the freezer will run with the above installed (about a 15 mni project). I have saved many home freezers over the years checking to see what has gone wrong when a freezer takes a dive. I have 9 freezers running right now to hold the pork and poultry we raise as well as storing a buddy’s (who is off grid) frozen eat.
BobK well I guess if you are storing your buddy in the freezer he probably off the grid. LOL
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BobK well I guess if you are storing your buddy in the freezer he probably off the grid. LOL
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