How long will a residential chest freezer keep food safe while traveling?

[scottkeen]

My question: How long will frozen meat stay frozen or safe to eat in a disconnected residential chest freezer while traveling?


I have a 5.0 cu ft residential chest freezer (15A) and would like to take it with me (and the 120 lbs of meat) when I move 1,500 miles away with my RV from Virginia to Texas.



My Montana Mountaineer 347THT has a 3,410 lbs cargo capacity and it has a garage in which I plan to put both my residential chest freezer and motorcycle. The chest freezer weighs 70 lbs empty plus 120 lbs meat, the motorcycle weigh 426 lbs wet.


I drew everything to scale to see if it would fit, and yes, it would all fit!


I built my own motorcycle wheel chock to fit, so this should work fine.


I plan to stop every day on my trip at a campground and plug-in to electricity for 2 days. I'm figuring about 250 miles per day of travel, about 5-6 hours.


Perhaps I could also get a 12volt battery and a inverter just for the freezer to plug in to.


Edit: Just looked at the back of the freezer for electrical rating. It says "1.5 Amps, 115 Volts". A 400W inverter on a 12V battery should be able to run it, shouldn't it? It doesn't run continuously, cycles on for a short time, then cycles off for awhile.