"jfcrn" wrote in
news:a9d8d69a3d4b49ec8f35085be028719a@homerepairli ve.com:

I have a large chest freezer which is mostly empty. If I fill it with
ice (bags or gallon jugs of frozen water) will it use less
electricity? It is about 3 years old.

Supposedly a full freezer is more efficient than an empty one. I had a
large chest freezer and used bags of ice and soda bottles filled with water
to fill up the space. It seemed to reduce the fluctuations in temp
whenever the lid was opened. It also helped A LOT to keep the temp cold
when the power would go out for hours at a time. I kept mine at -10F.

Dee