RV freezer damaged from "running on empty"??

mcoley wrote:
We were proudly showing a friend our new travel trailer and he warned us to never operate the freezer with nothing in it because when he did that he ruined his and had to by a new refer/freezer. Is there any truth to that? I'm doubtful and my wife believes him.

Totally bogus - at least based on what I remember from my thermodynamics classes. :)

Would be interested in hearing the logic that got him to this recommendation. What is true is that a full freezer will hold cold better than an empty freezer, so maybe it some twisted interpretation of that.