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Show Temperatures Best For Home Freezers Most home freezers are designed to operate their best at room temperatures. tem-peratures. Therefore, it's best to keep freezers in a location wheTe the temperatures are about 70 degrees, de-grees, says Velyn B. Stevens, Demonstration Dem-onstration Agent. If your homo freezer is located in the garage, back porch, or some place where the temperatures get extremely cold, it may not ran because the lubrication will get stiff, Mrs. Stevens points out. Check the manufacturer's recom mendations for locating your freezer. free-zer. Or, if in doubt, move it into a location at room temperatures, away from stoves and sunlight. If the electricity goes off, lock the freezer, the homemaker says. Keep it locked until the electricity comes back on. Even with the current cur-rent off, a home freezer if kept closed will keep frozen food in good condition for 24 to 72 hours depending on the amount of food. Dry ice may have to be added if the electricity remains off for a longer time, or the food may be rushed to a freezer locker plant. Overloading may cause the motor mo-tor to run too long, and may burn it out. Overloading with fresh food may also thaw focd already frozen and frequent changes in temperatures tempera-tures are not good for keeping-frozen keeping-frozen food at its original high quality. |