In article >, The Real Bev > wrote:
>On 06/01/10 19:00, Doug Miller wrote:
>
>> Lou > wrote:
(Doug Miller) wrote:
>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Unless the cellar is deep underground, cellars still will be warmer in
>>>>>summer and colder in winter.
>>>>
>>>>Surely you don't mean what you wrote.
>>>
>>>I was wondering about that myself. I also wonder why someone would
>>>insist on a chest freezer.
>>
>> I've always wondered that too -- or, more specifically, why anyone would even
>> consider a chest freezer.
>
>The cold doesn't leak out when you open the door.

That's basically irrelevant. You *might* lose five to ten cubic feet of cold
air when opening an upright freezer -- let's call it ten. Ten cubic feet of
air has a mass of around one pound. That's not going to make any noticeable
difference in the temperature inside, unless you *leave* the door open.
>
>> That large flat area is such a tempting place to set
>> all kinds of crap on top of...
>
>And you think that's a bad thing?

Makes it kinda hard to open the lid.

>Invest in one of those nice sturdy chrome
>rolling shelf units -- when you need something in the freezer just roll it
>away. If that won't fit around the freezer, hang shelves or cabinets above it.

Or just get an upright freezer.
>
>Horizontal space should NEVER be wasted.

Which of course is yet another reason for *not* getting a chest freezer: it
takes up twice as much floor space as an upright.