"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher wrote:

"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
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Even less aggressively, leave the frozen whatever on a plate on the
kitchen
counter. It will thaw. No energy cost.

Heating is an energy cost.

er - yes, that's why I said leave it on the counter instead of putting it
in
the oven.

House heating.

Oh.

puzzled

You don't need the house heating on to thaw frozen stuff. Ours hasn't come
on yet.

Stick it in the fridge for a couple of days, and you actually recover
the heat used to freeze it.

A kilo of water will absorb about a third or two thirds (I can't remember
which, one is boiling and one is freezing) of a KWh when melting.
Stick it in the fridge, and the fridge works a bit less hard for
a couple of days.

Hmm. A bit being?

Stick it on the counter, (assuming you're heating this time of year)

We're not.

and it'll cost you a substantial fraction of a pence to defrost it.

Well, if we were heating yes, it could cost, ooh, must be easily the best
part of something very small... on the other hand, the humanity hereabouts
gives out more than enough heat to thaw frozen stuff. And keep the
thermostat from coming into play :-)

Mary