On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 21:08:12 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

On 04/28/2017 05:01 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote:

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I've been told for years to keep such things full. Even if you put
water filled
milk jugs in it the mass will keep the freezer from running as much.

My grandmother often made homemade ice cream (which requires a lot of
ice). She never bought ice, but froze water in old milk jugs in
otherwise unused freezer space.

Going into hurricane season it is common to stuff your freezer with
half liter water bottles. It is ice and when it thaws out it is
drinking water.