Energy advice for freezers , since when did it change?

nuttywoman

I remember being adviced to keep your freezer full, if not with food but with empty boxes to fill the spaces but the latest ad on tv tells you not to keep it too full !!! :rolleyes:

Izzy.

nuttywoman wrote: »

I remember being adviced to keep your freezer full, if not with food but with empty boxes to fill the spaces but the latest ad on tv tells you not to keep it too full !!! :rolleyes:

which ad ?

jb5

nuttywoman wrote: »

I remember being adviced to keep your freezer full, if not with food but with empty boxes to fill the spaces but the latest ad on tv tells you not to keep it too full !!! :rolleyes:

Not seen the ad, but by 'too full' I imagine they mean so full of stuff that there is not enough air to circulate - so that stuff added to the freezer cannot freeze properly or takes much longer than it should.
I realise that too full and not enough are not exactly quantifiable, so it does come down to a certain degree of user judgement.
If your freezer drawers are so full you cannot close the freezer drawer - then you have too much stuff in there, conversely if there are plenty of air gaps, half empty drawers etc then empty boxes will lower the volume of air that needs to be cooled after opening the freezer door.

Just my 2c

Lelc

Does it say too full or too cold? It's on the energy saving trust website if you haven't seen it.

hazzie123

I thought the same when I seen the advert,thought they had the fridge and freezer fullness the wrong way round

gemmaj

I saw the ad too and wondered if they had got confused? But then I think I heard that the "new" self-defrosting freezers need air circulation to run efficiently, so maybe they have something?