What's your base load?

[Lupus]

No idea. But one of the teens had left a fan plugged into the kitchen plug when we left the house for the 5 days.

It rained the same evening and tripped the earth leakage. The kitchen stayed without power till we came back. Things in the freezer compartment had defrosted but still quite cold.

I suspect the insulation is very good on the new fridges. It took almost 48 hours of continuous running for the fridge to switch off via thermostat after that though.

A reasonably full freezer can last up to 48 hours unplugged if there is little opening and closing. A decent fridge can be up to 20 hours.

 

[wingnut771]

A reasonably full freezer can last up to 48 hours unplugged if there is little opening and closing. A decent fridge can be up to 20 hours.

It depends on how full it is as the mass acts like a battery.

 

[Lupus]

It depends on how full it is as the mass acts like a battery.

Yes anywhere between 30 to 80%