Idea for freezer outages

[TroubleShooter]

Ran across this somewhere while surfing the net....Those who have remote places or garages with a freezer of food.....Just a visual aid to see if a power outage may have compromised your storage.



Fill a water bottle half full and freeze standing up. Then when you leave for a long trip lay on side. If the water is frozen to side then you know you had a power outage long enough to completely thaw bottle and its probably a good idea to throw away food in freezer.

[helomech]

An ice cube on a saucer works also.

[Katrina]

Good tips. Knew about the ice cube, Mom /Dad usually put two or three cubes in a cup and if there weren't any cubes or they were partially melted together in a clump, Mom and Dad knew to get rid of the food.

[Stormfeather]

Definitely great idea!

[David Armstrong]

We always just use a penny in a small milk bottle. Fill the bottle about 2/3, freeze, then drop a penny on top of the ice. If things get too warm the penny won't be sitting on top of the ice any more.