Subj : freezing bargains
To   : SHAWN HIGHFIELD
From : JIM WELLER
Date : Tue Sep 13 2022 22:24:00

-=> Quoting Shawn Highfield to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> It can be a false economy though to overdo it. It costs about $24 per
 JW> month in power to run a chest freezer (here).
 
 SH> My power is included in my rent

I see that Ontario's power rates vary according to peak and off peak
time periods but average 13 cents per kwh overall while Yellow-
knife's is 36 cents, almost triple. We have a hydro based system
with diesel generator backup, as we have a single source and are not
part of the continental grid. Inuvik is all diesel and 85 cents.
Really remote places are subsidised with a stabilised rate of 90
cents. The real cost in Colville Lake, the most remote community
up here, is $3.22! But they pay 90 cents.
 
 SH> small apartment size chest freezer

I have one as well that is occasionally plugged in during the summer
months if I temporarily have too much stuff for the fridge's small
freezer. But I don't run it steady.

When Ray and Raine still lived with us as teenagers with voracious
appetites (and had lots of friends) and Ray did so much hunting and
fishing I ran a large chest freezer year round.

Come winter I can store stuff outdoors for about 5 months (in animal
proof containers).

 SH> The one built into the fridge is not big enough for anything
 SH> except ice. 

Mine is 3 cubic feet so it can handle a big bucket of ice cream, a
few cans of concentrated orange juice and a fair amount of meat.




Cheers

Jim


.... To ride out the apocalypse stock up on freeze dried packet food.

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