Female Logic my dear Watson ~ had you not been able, due to lack of power, to switch the freezer back on once it was defrosted LL would have had problems storing the frozen food you need to take out in order to defrost the thing. Now you need to switch off the freezer only for long enough for you to defrost it and then switch it back on and she refills it with food that is still frozen. If asked LL will explain, in the patient tones that wimmin use when they think they are addressing an idiot (AKA Their Husband), that should the power go off, so long as the freezer remains closed, the food will stay safely frozen for up to 24 hours.
Go with it old chap.... it is only a life sentence
