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   RM> I got through that okay, and then at 7pm tonight my power   
   RM> went out for 5 1/2 hours   
      
   KW>It seemed to me that refrigerators used to be good, unpowered, for   
     >around 12-14 hours if you didn't open it during a power outage. My new   
     >fridge manual says 4 hours for the fridge, 12-14 hours for the freezer.   
      
   If it drops to 50f in the house the fridge will last longer..   B)   
      
   I assume you mean the freezer in the fridge?. If it's a simpler   
   fridge the cold in the freezer would be bleeding down into the   
   fridge below and I'd think the fridge should be okay a lot longer   
   than the freezer compartment.   
      
   I had the power go off for 27 hours last early winter and I was able   
   to keep it up to about 60f during the day and it would drop to   
   the high 40's at night, and I didn't have any problem with most of   
   the stuff in the fridge.   
      
   The biggest problem when it gets cold in the house even if you have   
   power is the fridge won't run often enough to keep the freezer   
   working right. Stuff in the fridge is fine but, i.e. the ice cream   
   in the freezer melts..   
      
   In cool but above freezing weather (50f?) I've had a Chest freezer   
   last for 3 days..  As you said, just don't open them..   
      
   KW>We live in an area prone to falling trees, and have had our share of   
     >outages. I've resorted to running an inverter off of my car, running an   
     >extension cord from the carport to my kitchen, and running the fridge   
     >every couple of hours. The nice thing is that our new hot water heater   
     >is tankless, and I can run it off the same inverter - the electonics   
     >need power, but the heating is all gas.   
      
   In winter I can't get my car within 150 feet of the house, but I   
   would wonder how much power you could get out of it. My car actually   
   has a 110 volt outlet in it, but I doubt it could run anything of   
   higher draw than electronic devices (Yes.. maximum 150 watts).   
   I have a 300 watt inverter with my tools but, looking at my fridge,   
   it would just *barely* run on that but it draws 400 watts starting   
   up and it may not handle that..   
      
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