Stoopid....

[Bbbananas]

I have a freezer in my garage - a fridge-sized thing. It has not been defrosted properly for years & is now at the stage where there is more ice than room for food, so I decided to defrost it for christmas. I left the door open a week ago, thinking it would slowly defrost. The light duly came on & I thought - good, it's cooling down. A week later it has hardly thawed - I thought, dimly, it's because it's so cold outside - as cold as a freezer anyway.

Last night, in bed, it hit me like a thunderbolt - derrrrrr - it wasn't defrosting because I hadn't switched the bl00dy thing off, or pulled the plug out....!! So for a week it has been using electric trying to keep the freezer going & probably trying to keep the whole darm garage at freezer temperature with the door wide open.

I cannot believe my stupidity. Has anyone any thoughts as to how much electric this will have consumed? Am I lucky in that it has been so cold anyway? Will British Gas Electric bill really sting me next time around?

[joko]

yes but its pretty freezing out at the moment so i doubt it had to work that hard to keep it cold...