Is it a good idea to put desiccant packs in the freezer?

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Is it a good idea to put desiccant packs, like those you get shipped with electronics, into a working freezer to help prevent it from frosting up inside?
I open our freezer quite often, and the humid air getting closed in there seems to be causing it to frost up quite quickly. I know the contents of those packs are toxic — so that’s a worry — but if they’re sealed, they should be OK, right? I presume for a volume the size of a freezer, you’d need a few and have to replace them regularly...

Sneftel · Accepted Answer

You would need a tremendous amount of desiccant to make any significant temporary impact on ice build-up in a freezer. The only major drawback of ice build-up is that it takes up space in the freezer… and the desiccant would take up more space.
BTW, the normal material used as a desiccant is silica gel, which is non-toxic.

Is it a good idea to put desiccant packs in the freezer?

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