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Title: WASTED!
Post by: elkrack on July 23, 2015, 09:27:20 AM: Went out to the freezer to grab some meat to find the freezer had stopped working. :bash: :bash: 60Lbs of elk gone. >:(
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Post by: Jonathan_S on July 23, 2015, 09:29:52 AM: Sorry to hear that.

How bad? Can't use it for dog food?
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Post by: MLBowhunting on July 23, 2015, 09:30:39 AM: Been in that situation before. Sick feeling for sure. :bash:
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Post by: Jonathan_S on July 23, 2015, 09:38:20 AM: I had a huge batch of pepper stick in the freezer this last fall. I would be hopping mad if I had that freezer quit on me.
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Post by: tonymiller7 on July 23, 2015, 09:51:22 AM: Turn it into Dungeness crab
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Post by: 270Flat on July 23, 2015, 09:53:40 AM: :yeah: sucks! Happened when I was a kid. My parents did this and it didn't heal the pain, but it was delish!!
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Post by: Bean Counter on July 23, 2015, 09:57:02 AM: Quote from: tonymiller7 on July 23, 2015, 09:51:22 AM
Turn it into Dungeness crab

Please explain
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Post by: vandeman17 on July 23, 2015, 09:58:24 AM: Quote from: Bean Counter on July 23, 2015, 09:57:02 AM
Quote from: tonymiller7 on July 23, 2015, 09:51:22 AM
Turn it into Dungeness crab

Please explain

Crab bait...
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on July 23, 2015, 10:00:29 AM: The freezers with high temp alarms are worth there weight in gold..... :twocents:
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Post by: pianoman9701 on July 23, 2015, 10:01:47 AM: What a bummer. I got a temp alarm off Amazon for about $15 and it works great, is loud and gets louder if not reset.
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Post by: elkboy on July 23, 2015, 10:09:18 AM: Heartbreaker. :( So sorry to hear it! Hope you can replace it this fall...
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Post by: Buzz2401 on July 23, 2015, 10:16:26 AM: Gotta have an alarm. I set mine at 25 deg. If it gets to that I have a problem. I keep the readout on my fridge and check every morning. With a hundreds of pounds of halibut, salmon, crab, clams, deer and elk I couldn't sleep if I didn't have it.
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Post by: Magnum_Willys on July 23, 2015, 10:16:51 AM: Freezer alarms $12 on amazon

I run a power alarm too - common for garage gfci breaker to trip. Usually same circuit as outlets outside in the weather
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Post by: elkrack on July 23, 2015, 10:34:49 AM: Definitely gonna be gettin an alarm. First time of hearing of an alarm. Im glad i didn't have my spring bear in there! Hopefully i will be able to fill my bull tag to replace the meat but it just weighs heavy having killed an elk and wasting a portion of it :bash:
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Post by: MountainWalk on July 23, 2015, 10:43:24 AM: Hey man, You didn't waste it. Freezer died.
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Post by: bearkautz on July 23, 2015, 11:14:54 AM: some of these newer freezers don't last 8years anymore . I cheek mine at least once a week had a few go out on me. sorry this happened to ya !
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Post by: pianoman9701 on July 23, 2015, 11:20:56 AM: Quote from: elkrack on July 23, 2015, 10:34:49 AM
Definitely gonna be gettin an alarm. First time of hearing of an alarm. Im glad i didn't have my spring bear in there! Hopefully i will be able to fill my bull tag to replace the meat but it just weighs heavy having killed an elk and wasting a portion of it :bash:

That would be tough.
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Post by: hrd2fnd on July 23, 2015, 11:56:24 AM: Few years back took a vacation during the month of July after purchasing a side of beef. Left for a week only to come home to a garage full of smelly, bloody mess. Seems one of the kids didn't shut the freezer door after getting some meals out for our trip :bash: :bash: Ever since moved freezer into house so that it can be checked before leaving on a extended trip.
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Post by: elkrack on July 23, 2015, 12:05:34 PM: :yike:
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Post by: Bean Counter on July 23, 2015, 12:19:27 PM: Sorry for your loss. :( If I lived closer I'd hook you up as I need to clear out the freezer before the bloodbath that will ensue this fall.

We keep our upright in the house. Its not a frost free so I'm guessing before the meat completely rots I'd see a puddle. We have occasion to open that freezer most every day so there's a few reasons why we'd discover the mess... I'd hope.

OTOH if we leave the AC off when we go for a trip the temperature is in the low to mid 90s in the house when we get back. Imagine what this house would smell like :yike:
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on July 23, 2015, 12:28:34 PM: Do the freezer alarms send you a text in case it happens while away, but close enough to get back in time?
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Post by: tonymiller7 on July 23, 2015, 12:36:18 PM: Quote from: vandeman17 on July 23, 2015, 09:58:24 AM
Quote from: Bean Counter on July 23, 2015, 09:57:02 AM
Quote from: tonymiller7 on July 23, 2015, 09:51:22 AM
Turn it into Dungeness crab

Please explain

Crab bait...

Exactly, it's not a total waste if you use it to fill your new freezer with delicious crab!
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Post by: vandeman17 on July 23, 2015, 12:47:24 PM: I am in and out of my freezer a few times per week so if something happened to mine, I would notice before I lost everything... I think... Sucks to lose that much quality meat. Just means you will have to replace it this fall. :tup:
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Post by: rtspring on July 23, 2015, 01:05:32 PM: You can also run a light off the same plugin that your freezer is plugged into. That way its easily noticed if that light is out, your freezer is not working either.

Ask me how I know, I also lost all my deer and elk meat last monday!!
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on July 23, 2015, 01:12:02 PM: Quote from: Magnum_Willys on July 23, 2015, 10:16:51 AM
Freezer alarms $12 on amazon

I run a power alarm too - common for garage gfci breaker to trip. Usually same circuit as outlets outside in the weather

Run a dedicated circuit just for the freezer outlet and do not install a GFCI. Install a standard outlet and make sure you have some kind of alarm as noted. I do like the light idea! Think I will pull a wire to the outside of my shop and mount a light socket and install a red light bulb or similar. :tup:
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Post by: elkrack on July 23, 2015, 01:16:33 PM: Quote from: rtspring on July 23, 2015, 01:05:32 PM
You can also run a light off the same plugin that your freezer is plugged into. That way its easily noticed if that light is out, your freezer is not working either.

Ask me how I know, I also lost all my deer and elk meat last monday!!

That's a great idea. Losing meat sucks
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Post by: baker5150 on July 23, 2015, 01:47:51 PM: A freezer alarm is a lot easier and more efficient than running a light 24/7.

You can also install a GFCI that has a lighted indicator when it's tripped, this way the light is on only when tripped not all the time until it trips.

N/O N/C 2 pole relay to a warning light would work as well, take a little know how to install thou.
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Post by: Angry Perch on July 23, 2015, 01:59:00 PM: This scared me. Just ordered an alarm on Amazon for $10.99.
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Post by: Remnar on July 23, 2015, 05:47:53 PM: This happened to me once , kinda . I went on a fishing trip for 5 days came home went to put fish in freezer and omg freezer door was ajar and it was late august . Luckily the freezer is one of the old heavy duty types and i also freeze ice jugs as space allows , which not only keeps your freezer from running as much but you always have ice for coolers . Anyways these things saved my bacon . the meat toward the front was mostly thawed but ice cold . So I canned it vs. refreeze . Man was that freezer iced over ! All of my freezers now have bungies around the door . I hadnt heard about the alarms, definately gonna check them out .
But I feel your pain and that sinking feeling in your gut when you first find things are haywire .
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Post by: conwaydave on July 23, 2015, 06:39:29 PM: Sorry to hear about that, FYI if your not sure what happened to freezer, my freezer quit working one day, I called my father-in-law, who was an HVAC guy, he said pull the cover off back and see if the fan is turning, I did and saw that some mice or rat had made a nest around the warm fan motor, and made the fan not spin, as soon as I cleared stuff out of the way the fan started spinning, and the freezer started to cool down and worked! Maybe this can help you or someone else someday, Good luck this year to fill it back up!
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Post by: Mossyoak on July 24, 2015, 04:06:30 PM: Sorry for your loss...that sucks!
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Post by: lokidog on July 24, 2015, 06:21:58 PM: :(

Alarms seem to be worth the $$. Our meat freezers are in the basement (living space) and the junk/bait freezer is in the garage. Fortunately, they are so full that when one did accidentally get unplugged, it was still frozen a few days later -- good idea on keeping the empty space filled with jugs of ice.
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Post by: Firedogg on July 24, 2015, 08:10:48 PM: Had a freezer full go out on me. Side of pork two weeks new, probably still 50# of elk, salmon and other misc. items. We had gone to Florida in August to visit the inlaws and Disney World with the kids., gone for 9 days. It was an August where that week the temps were in the 90's.

We got home and you could smell it from the driveway. Went it and opened it with instant gag and the freezer squirming with maggots... Barf!!, it was so bad I had to get a Tyvek suit and borrowed a training airpack and three bottles from work it was so bad.

I hate losing meat.
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Post by: Ghost Hunter on July 25, 2015, 01:31:10 PM: Quote from: Firedogg on July 24, 2015, 08:10:48 PM
Had a freezer full go out on me. Side of pork two weeks new, probably still 50# of elk, salmon and other misc. items. We had gone to Florida in August to visit the inlaws and Disney World with the kids., gone for 9 days. It was an August where that week the temps were in the 90's.

We got home and you could smell it from the driveway. Went it and opened it with instant gag and the freezer squirming with maggots... Barf!!, it was so bad I had to get a Tyvek suit and borrowed a training airpack and three bottles from work it was so bad.

I hate losing meat.

Sounds like you have a niche market for a side job. :dunno: :yike: :puke: