4 Ways to Make Your Refrigerator More energy sufficient

Your refrigerator is the second biggest power hog of your house, and if you count year-round use, it absolutely comes in first, beating out even your air conditioner in terms of kilowatts used. The good news is that there is a lot of room for improvement, and the better news is that manufacture the improvements is no big deal. Here are four ways to sacrifice power costs for your current refrigerator.

Keep It Full

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The more stuff you have in your refrigerator, the easier it is for it to stay cool. If that seems counter-intuitive, think this: If you had an empty cooler and put one can of cold soda in it, the soda would get warm much faster on its own than if you put two six packs of cold sodas in the cooler. With a dozen sodas in the cooler, they kind of share the coolness and each can stays cooler longer than it would on its own. Maybe this is what groups of teenagers are trying to do.

So the more you keep in your refrigerator (and freezer), the less the refrigerator has to work to keep it cool inside. Also, if you are worried about your electricity going out, retention your refrigerator and freezer stocked to the brim is a good way to keep the food cold (and frozen) for as long as inherent until the power comes back on.

Keep It Clean

This hardly makes the "top 10 things I want to do this weekend" list, but cleaning the coils under your refrigerator will seriously heighten its performance. If you are a clean-freak, be ready for a shock. It gets amazingly dirty under refrigerators. Most hardware stores sell brushes specifically shaped to clean around the coils. I will refrain from telling you about the funky things I have pulled out from underneath my refrigerator. Suffice it to say that cleaning under there is a good candidate for the "things to do once a month" list.

Keep It Closed

The time-honored diversion of standing in front of the refrigerator, mindlessly finding for something to eat may be your beloved alternative to commercials, but it is terrible for power efficiency. It is also pretty bad for weight loss, too, but this is an report about refrigerators. To save energy, conclude what you want and get it.

Some people may not be refrigerator gazers, but they have the habit of leaving the refrigerator or freezer door open when they are whether cooking or unpacking groceries. I have watched people leave the refrigerator door open for a whole five minutes. This is the power equivalent of leaving the water running.

Keep It in the middle of 35 and 38 Degrees

Check your refrigerator climatic characteristic settings. They are frequently set incorrectly -- agreeing to my appliance serviceman, about 75% of people have their refrigerator thermostat set whether too high or too low. For freezers, the ideal setting is zero degrees. If you find that food in your refrigerator is freezing or food in the freezer is thawing and you have set the thermostat agreeing to the settings just mentioned, you may need to have the unit checked. And it may be time for a new (energy efficient) refrigerator.

4 Ways to Make Your Refrigerator More energy sufficient

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