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> will be unsafe

That is absolute BS - food is considered unsafe after the food itself spends 4 hours above 40*f, so the website you’re linking to assumes a fridge and everything in it immediately warms to 41+* upon losing power? Physics doesn’t work that way….



You've misread the table. 40F for 2 hours is the guideline. A typical fridge is around 35-38F.

Anecdotally my parents had a fridge fail recently and the food heated up alarmingly quickly.


Sounds like your parents fridge was poorly insulated, and thus consumed way more electricity than a modern fridge needs to.


I tried to warn them about french doors...




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