Refrigerator Energy Saving Tips

Refrigerator Energy Saving Tips

Refrigerator Energy Saving Tips

Refrigerator is the most widely used appliance in our household.  Nowadays it is safe to say that every household have at least one refrigerator.  It has been tallied as one of household’s highest electricity consumer.  Maximizing the use of our refrigerator can lessen one’s electricity consumption in turn can save you money and at the same time you are helping our environment in its campaign in energy saving.

 Here are a few energy saving tips :

• Set the temperature of the fridge to 36° – 40° F and freezer to 0° - 5° F.  Setting the temperature lower than these uses more energy by as much as 20 – 25% and it is unnecessary.
• Defrost manual frost freezers on a regular basis; when the ice build-up to over ¼ inch your freezer works harder and thus consume more energy.
• Allow hot foods to cool first before storing it inside the refrigerator.
• Keep food covered when stored inside the refrigerator.
• If door seal is in bad condition (damage rubber or magnetic strip), cold air escapes and this make refrigerator work harder and thus consume more energy.
• Thawing frozen foods in the fridge helps cool the fridge as they defrost.
• Position refrigerator away from direct sunlight or appliances that emulate heat such as oven.
• Keep freezer full but not overloaded.  Just give around 1 inch of space for air to circulate.
• Avoid having an empty refrigerator as the motor tend to keep running as there is nothing to hold the cold they generate.  Put a couple of containers filled with water to remedy this situation.

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