fridge energy tips
Does a glance at your electricity bills make your voice go falsetto? Just chill dude! Just reduce your fridge’s energy use – easy with this fridge energy tips, should be music to your ears.
Fill It Up – your fridge and freezer are more efficient when full (just not so full that cold air can’t circulate). And in a power outage, they’ll hold the temp for twice as long as if they were half full.
Use Glass for Storage – store your food in glass, which keeps it colder longer – and as it is mentioned in number 1, colder food means the fridge keeps its cool easier.
Vacuum the Coils – a couple times a year, clean off the dust on the coils at the bottom of your fridge (usually hidden behind a removable panel near the fridge’s base), since buildup makes the coils work a lot harder. You’ll use up to 6% less energy. (Just unplug it so you don’t fry yourself.)
Move It – if your fridge is near a sunny window or your oven, move it to a cooler spot; for every degree above 70 degrees surrounding your fridge, it’ll use 2.5% more energy.
Replace It – get an Energy Star-qualified fridge – they use at least 15% less energy than the current federal standard. Fridges with bottom or top-mounted freezers use about 20% less than side-by-side models.
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