Re: Recommendation needed: Monitor vacation home, detect outages

["sprgns" <sundancekid@xxxxxxxxxx>]

won't the same thing happen though if it's a frost free freezer?


"wkearney99" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I'm looking for two sets of advice.  First, when the power goes out for
> some
>> time, the stuff in the fridge could go bad.
>
> Put ice cubes in a ziploc bag in the freezer.  If power goes out they'll
> melt and lose their cube shape.  If the power's off long enough, of
> course.
> That way you only need look in the freezer to see if they're still in cube
> shape.  If it's refrozen it'll be the shape of the bag instead of cubes.
> Cheap and low tech.
>
> -Bill Kearney
>