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Title: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 29 August 2011, 16:57:37
It's suppose to be -18C or colder.....to keep food 'fresh' for longest.

Last week i bought one of those fridge/freezer temperature gauges......to my surprise my freezer was only at -10C  :o .....I think my old Lec freezer is on the way out......even on max setting it just manages -18C.

I did wonder how accurate the temp gauge was...so yesterday i bunged it in my mum's freezer for 20mins (which is about 6 months old) .... -22C (and it was only set on 2.5 out of 5) so im guessing its fairly accurate  :y

New freezer time me thinks....
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: Richie London on 29 August 2011, 17:00:11
mines bloody freezing.  :y
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: Richie London on 29 August 2011, 17:01:22
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mines bloody freezing.  :y


and the bags of water have turned to ice.  ;)
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: freecall666 on 29 August 2011, 17:03:14
mine is -30 fan type, and if you dont open the door for a few days it bloody hard to open lol
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: Richie London on 29 August 2011, 17:09:00
i know the fridges in the blockbuster shops was -31 and when we refurbed the shops we used to accidently turn them off and resulting in a drop of temp once the door was open a few hrs later, used to hate eaten that hargen das ice cream  ::) ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: TheBoy on 29 August 2011, 19:07:07
Mine has a little display for reading and setting desired temp, so I keep mine at -22C.  My fridge is set to 4C.

Both compartments are Frost Free, with those iritating fans.
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 29 August 2011, 20:33:53
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mines bloody freezing.  :y


and the bags of water have turned to ice.  ;)

but how cold is it?? -1C will make ice....but no good for keeping food frozen for seversal months  ;)
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 29 August 2011, 20:36:29
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Mine has a little display for reading and setting desired temp, so I keep mine at -22C.  My fridge is set to 4C.

Both compartments are Frost Free, with those iritating fans.

Would you like to spend ages defrosting them every 6 months  ;)

My next fridge/freezer will be frost free  :y
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: tunnie on 29 August 2011, 22:11:06
I only have that box in the fridge, its only big enough for about 3 Pizzas and some Ice for some drinks, thats all I need with a shop 1 min away!  :D
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 30 August 2011, 09:15:29
My frost free one sits at around -24 to -26 degC.

Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 30 August 2011, 09:28:11
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My frost free one sits at around -24 to -26 degC.


You must have a strong spoon for serving ice cream. ;)

A timely reminder, actually. Put a thermometer in one of ours a couple of days back. Must check what it is reading.
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 30 August 2011, 12:54:07
The door seal is f**ked on ours.....so.... :-/

I'll check it out. :y


Just checked -28C..... :y
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: Richie London on 30 August 2011, 14:21:29
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mines bloody freezing.  :y


and the bags of water have turned to ice.  ;)

but how cold is it?? -1C will make ice....but no good for keeping food frozen for seversal months  ;)


ive no idea to be honest, doesnt have a gauge on it and ive never tested the temp. i know it makes a mess if you dont close the door fully after opening it.
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: ninjapirate on 30 August 2011, 14:29:00
mines got the display and settings on door, freezer is at -24 frost free thingy, with built in ice maker/crusher and cold water  :y
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: TheBoy on 30 August 2011, 18:55:31
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I only have that box in the fridge, its only big enough for about 3 Pizzas and some Ice for some drinks, thats all I need with a shop 1 min away!  :D
Thats an ice making compartment, and not suitable for keeping food frozen for more than a couple of days I'm afraid.
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 31 August 2011, 18:40:32
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I only have that box in the fridge, its only big enough for about 3 Pizzas and some Ice for some drinks, thats all I need with a shop 1 min away!  :D
Thats an ice making compartment, and not suitable for keeping food frozen for more than a couple of days I'm afraid.

Blimey, can you still get those type of fridges  :-/

But TB is correct, I doubt its any colder than -5/-6C and no good for keeping food frozen in  ;)
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: mantagte on 31 August 2011, 23:02:55
-22 bluddy cold gave it its yearly sort out today
amazing what you find right at the bottom
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: aaronjb on 31 August 2011, 23:26:23
There's stuff in mine that moved house with me almost two years ago  :-X
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: jereboam on 01 September 2011, 21:00:39
Ours has got a thermometer type dial built into the door.  Just went and looked - no numbers on it apart from 0oC, but the pointer is pointing to the bit it's supposed to be pointing at.

But it must be OK, 'cos nobody's been poisoned, and we've been using it for 13 years. 

Following a complaint from the management about the standard of cleanliness in the kitchen, the switch for the freezer accidentally got turned off (due to over-enthusiastic use of a Spontex cloth under the toaster - don't ask).  We aren't sure exactly how many hours (days?) elapsed before this was noticed.  It provided me with an opportunity to dispose of some of the more unprepossessing looking items which had been squirreled away in there and hoarded for years, but, to be honest, almost everything in there had stayed frozen, and none of the stuff we re-froze seems to have suffered appreciably.
Title: Re: Do you know how cold your freezer is?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 02 September 2011, 13:27:55
I've just had to turn mine down a tad  ;D

It seems it takes it a few days to go even colder.....after a week being set on max......the temp guage was sailing past the -25C mark  :o