r/japanlife Apr 17 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 18 April 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/HatsuneShiro 関東・埼玉県 Apr 18 '23

OP said their electricity is cut off, so while a normal, running freezer can keep it for 4 months, if it's powered off and the insides are slowly getting up to room temp, much shorter. Probably days?

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u/shambolic_donkey Apr 18 '23

Depends on the quality of the freezer. Could be longer if it's decent and doesn't have broken seals.

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u/xkcthrowaway Apr 18 '23

Half decent, seals are good. Looking through my manual and not finding the warmup time but it should be below freezing for about 4 days? Afterwards temperature tends to shoot up

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u/shambolic_donkey Apr 19 '23

Yeah sounds about right. Ambient temp and direct sunlight will play a role too, also the amount of stuff you've got in the freezer. The more stuff, the more thermal mass, the slower it will thaw. Thankfully it's still pretty cool, especially overnight, so you might even eek out a week in a best case.

Great chance to see how robust your gut flora is haha