SC - Dying Appliances WAS: *GRUMBLE*

[RichSCA at aol.com]

I know that dying appliances is a great concern for my lord and as we travel. 
 If we come home to a dead refrigerator it would be a case of throwing 
everything away.  But my worry was always the power going out for a few 
days/weeks/months and then coming on again and re-freezing everything.  To 
know if this has happened this is what I do:

I place a clean, empty plastic butter container in the freezer compartment of 
my refrigerator and my upright freezer.   In the butter containers I place 
three square ice cubes.  If the power goes out the ice will begin to melt. If 
the power comes back on the ice will re-freeze in the shape of the butter 
container.  If I return and the ice is completely melted or, a solid block in 
the butter container, I know that the power was out long enough to place my 
food safety in danger.  

Just an idea to pass along...

Rayne


In a message dated 3/26/00 1:21:22 PM Central Standard Time, 
Marian.Deborah.Rosenberg at washcoll.edu writes:

<< 
 Greetings,
 
   Thank God my downstairs neighbor does not believing in cooking!  As it was,
 she has a smaller refrigerator than my current one and I barely managed to 
fit
 the food in need of the fridge into her fridge.  So I only lost about $15 
worth
 of food, which, since my new landlord is a fairly nice sort of gent I'll
 probably get paid back for.
 
   Where is it written that refrigerators will only die on Friday evenings?  
 
   I get a new one Monday afternoon.
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