RV freezer damaged from "running on empty"??
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 th...
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Pauljdav wrote:I keep a little zip lock bag with a few ice cubes in mine for that reason. It's an indicator that something went wrong if they are no longer ice cubes.
Another reason I like to keep ice cubes in freezer bags is in case I ever check the freezer and the ice is no longer "cubes" (indicating they thawed and re froze) I know I had a failure in cooling and any food could be suspect as well.
My freezer is on 24/7/365 with nothing but a few ice cubes in it and no problem. I have treated a previous one that way for 8yrs without failure.
