How To Save Electricity in Refrigerator

• Try to understand that each home appliance is meant for your needs to be fulfilled, not to show pomp. Hence buy a fridge that is required according to the number of members in your family.
• The fridges of five star rates need only a little electricity for its functioning.
• The amount of electricity consumed by frost free type refrigerators is comparatively high.
• Keep the food items closed in the fridge. The humidity produced by open food items will make the compressor to work more.
• More electricity is consumed if ice gets accumulated. So defrost the freezer occasionally.
• Electricity is used most from six to ten during night. If the fridge is switched off during this peek time at least for an hour you can save electricity. The things inside the fridge won’t get damaged by switching it off for an hour.
• The condenser coil in the backside is used to carry the heat within the refrigerator while cooling the inside. So in order to get air circulation the fridge must be kept at a distance of about 15cm from the walls on the back and sides. The condenser coil should also be kept dust free.
• The food items should be placed on the different racks depending on how much it should be cool.
• Make sure that the door of the refrigerator is closed airtight.
• Don’t keep the food items within the refrigerator when it is hot.
• Most of the people think of what to take from the refrigerator only after opening it. It will loss a lot of energy.
• Don’t keep the fridge open for a long time. Don’t open it several times also- especially during peek hours.
• Don’t keep too much of things inside the refrigerator. It will cause the fridge not to be completely closed. It will cause energy loss.

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