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Default Chest freezer 110 or 220?

DerbyDad03 wrote:
The smaller (5 - 10 cf) units for the home will be 110.

BTW - here's an FYI...

I bought a 5.3 cf unit froms Lowes. I was talking to a tech from the
company that makes the unit and he told me that the smaller units run
most efficiently when filled to about 75% capacity. Keep this in mind -
if you really have 5 cf of food to store, you might want to buy a
bigger unit.


True, especially in uprights. The
so-called efficiency comes from the
fact that, when you open the door, cold
air falls out on the floor and
is replaced by warmer air on top. So,
if it is full of frozen rocks, there
is less air to fall out and less air
from which to remove heat once the
door is closed and things equalize.
Chest freezers suffer less from this
problem.