Reduce the power consumption of the refrigerator

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A location for the refrigerator that lowers energy costs

• Refrigerators that are very close to the wall require more energy than refrigerators, which can have a distance between the wall and the device of six to nine centimeters.
• Measure the distance between your refrigerator and the wall.
• If necessary, move the cooling device a few centimeters towards the wall or away from the wall accordingly.
• In addition, make sure that there is also a distance of between six and nine centimeters between your refrigerator and the adjacent devices or cupboards.
• Your refrigerator will only use less energy if the air can circulate freely around the refrigerator.


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• Do not place your refrigerator next to the stove.
• The heat from your stove and oven increases the ambient temperature. In this case, the compressor starts to cool the air inside your refrigerator to the set temperature.
• For this reason, you should not place the refrigerator near a window or glass door.
• Solar radiation also increases the energy consumption of your refrigerator.
• The cooler the location of the refrigerator, the lower the power consumption.

How to use your refrigerator in an energy-saving way

1. Always keep your fridge tidy. If you know where everything is, you can find the food you need quickly.
2. The longer you keep the refrigerator door open, the more cold air escapes from the refrigerator and is replaced by the warm room air. The compressor then has to cool this down again with a lot of power consumption.
3. When you are cooking, remove any food you will need for your meal from the refrigerator first.
4. When you have finished the menu, put all the rest of the food back in. This will prevent you from opening and closing the refrigerator door too often.
5. Set the temperature of your refrigerator to four to six degrees Celsius.
6. Get yourself a thermometer and put this in your refrigerator.
7. After twelve hours, check whether the setting on your refrigerator control has the required temperature.
8. If you achieve too low or too high temperatures with the setting on the controller, correct the temperature controller in the refrigerator accordingly.
9. If you are defrosting food from the freezer, take the dishes out of the freezer a little earlier and defrost the food in the refrigerator.
10. The cold emanating from the frozen food cools the air in the refrigerator. The compressor does not start up and uses much less electricity during that time.
11. Only put food in the refrigerator that has completely cooled down. The warm air in the food increases the energy consumption of the refrigerator.

Make sure your refrigerator always full, but never overcrowded. A refrigerator consumes the least amount of energy when it is well filled. Overcrowded requires more energy because you spend longer looking for the things you want.