Basically the title: If I leave the freezer door slightly open it seems to be “more frozen” than before – big chunks of ice on everything, stuff frozen together. Why is that? The food can go bad in this state but it LOOKS colder (I know this is stupid). In my mind it should just melt and warm up 🤷🏻♀️
In: Physics
The humidity in the air is what makes frost on things, the more air leaking in, the more frost condenses from the moisture in that air, up to the point where the freezer can no longer keep the temperature below freezing.
You’re definitely making the freezer work harder and introducing warm spots, and if it’s running continuously, then it’s also leaking enough to be warmer overall than it’s supposed to be.
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