refrigerator issues

I'd recommend that you look up the importance of refrigeration and food hygiene online for background info on this..a fridge is designed to keep food cool at a constant temperature.While they're supposed to be able to hold the temperature low for a while when the motor isn't running,if you're turning it off completely overnight,the machine isn't doing its job,your food (and your health!) could be at risk if you would ever forget to turn it back on again,and you may be making it work harder when you do,outweighing any possible savings you might possibly make..If it's that much of an energy hog,maybe it's time to consider one with a lower energy rating?

Hi lil_toni!! I have been working in the power services industry now for about 10 years. It may surprise you to know that your refrigerator does not use as much power as most people think. On average, a fridge will use approx 100 kwh per month. That is for fridges that are not energy star compliant but have been purchased in the last 10 years. Most of our computers will use double that in a month. If you use a laptop, ensure that you are only charging it when needed. Do not leave them plugged in. This, first of all, destroys the life of the battery by over 50 percent of its life span and also uses more power than needed when plugged in the wall. Just plug in to charge it then unplug when full, then only plug in again when needed. Now when I mean unplug, I mean directly from the wall. The black box thing on the the charging unit will continue to request power when there is nothing plugged in. Next, if your freezer has your food frozen completely solid, turn it down. Most freezers will only have to be on the middle setting to ensure a good freezing. Same for the fridge settings. Follow these few tips I have given you and you can be assured you will reduce your power bill by 5-25 percent the first month. Also, while on your comp at night, ask yourself why is the light in the kitchen(living room, hallway) on? You would be surprised how much power we as consumers waste on a daily basis!!

Not only is it a bad idea from the standpoint of keeping your food fresh and safe, but it actually uses more electricity, energy, than if you leave it plugged in and on. It takes more energy for it to recover to the right temperature than it takes for it to maintain the temperature once it is there. Also, it is probably bad for the refrigerator to have to keep running more to get to the right temperature because it means more cycling of the cooling elements and motors and all that type of stuff.

Well, you probably aren't saving enough to make it worth all the trouble. Further, they like to be cycled through the thermostat rather than the plug in so it probably isn't good over the long haul. There are things you can do instead like keep the fridge full. A full fridge uses less power. Remember to keep your condensing fins clean. Dirty fins will make power usage go way up. If you are buying a new fridge, consider a frost fridge instead of the frost free type. There is a big power usage difference. Of course, with the frosted one, you will have to defrost it yourself from time to time. Finally, there is my favorite. Keep the fridge door closed. That not only saves on power but saves on food too. OK! OK!

I don't think it is a good idea. Your food needs to be cool or you will lose it and the money to buy it back is greater than your economy to unplug the fridge. I think that the ideal is to buy a new fridge, that will consumes less energy and try to invest in other ideas to decrease your energy consume. For example, you could spend less time in the shower or something like that. I believe that there are better ideas to save energy. Happy mylotting.

I don't know if it does anything to the refrigerator but, that's awful for your food you shouldn't have food like that not cool over 2 to 3 hrs.

I don't think it's a good to unplug the fridge during the night.The food in the freezer remains cool but in the fridge slowly reaches room temperature and the food can become depraved and you can get become ill if you eat it.In most cases won't happen anything really bad,maybe you get a diarrhea but still.But in the worst case you end up on the hospital and in that case it didn't worth it.Your health worth more than everything. Besides , I don't think that you save that significant amount of energy by unplugging the fridge and also it isn't good for the refrigerator too to be turned on and off.

You can only do that if you do not have anything on your refrigerator. Food and drinks need to be stored in a certain degree of temperature or else they will get spoilt or micro-organism will start growing.

its not good to unplug the refrigerator so often not only for the fridge itself but for the food in it too. if you want the ref. to consume less energy isn't it better to just buy a now one.