How Is Your Fridge Coping With This Hot Weather?

[Meg]

My very ancient fridge freezer (over 20) is doing just fine and keeping cool things cool and frozen things frozen

I reward its good behaviour by cleaning and defrosting regularly.

[Artangel]

@JBR

I hadn’t thought about that.

All I can say is that the numbers on the front:
fridge 4 degrees, freezer -18 degrees
are the same as they have always been.

I’ve no idea about how the food is faring, though. That’s Marge’s department.

JBR, Thank You, I checked the temperature and it was on 5, so l turned it down to 4 and l hope that helps.
Poor Marge, she has a hard life!

[Artangel]

@bakerman

Tip: If your food is freezing in the chilling compartment, it MAY BE due to an over load of food in the freezer. Try moving vegetables lower in the fridg. Also, an over loaded freezer works much, much harder if over loaded and you elec bill goes up.

Bakerman, Thank You for your tip. It did actually have lots of cartons of strawberries, grapes and mushrooms.
I have now taken your advice and taken everything out and rearranged them.

[Artangel]

@Bratti

It’s more likely due to having too much stuff in your fridge.
Items need air around them and having too much stuff doesn’t allow that. Our fridge works perfectly fine but not when it’s crowded with too much stuff.

Bratti, Thank You for your advice. As l posted above to Bakerman, l have now rearranged everything.

Fingers crossed!!

[Artangel]

@Pixie Knuckles

I haven’t changed the fridge temps at all, during the hot weather and everything is staying as it should be. Maybe its working harder due to the hotness, unless you nudged the thermostat by mistake?

Thank You. Yes, l wondered that too! Pixie.
As l mentioned above it was set at 5 and maybe that was the trouble?

[Dextrous63]

How To Prevent Freezing Food in the Refrigerator | Whirlpool

Looks like bakerman was probably the closest and offered the best initial advice.

[Artangel]

@LongDriver

Check that the temperature adjuster inside the fridge hasn’t been accidently nudged at some time. I had this problem with a larder fridge and somehow I’d caught the adjuster knob at some time and lowered the internal temperature so low it was frosting items the lower shelves.

LongDriver, Thank You, l am hoping that is the answer.

The thing is as l have mentioned recently, my kitchen appliances that l am sure were installed in ?2006 when l had my kitchen done, are getting old!

[Artangel]

@Longdogs

My fridge is fine although it does run out of drinks faster than it did.

Local supermarket not so lucky though. Two days ago, the refrigeration system failed resulting in £7,500 of food waste.

Thank You, Longy.

That’s a lot of food to waste, especially as there could be shortages of food.

[Artangel]

@Zaphod

Oh Arty, what a time for your fridge to start playing up.

No, ours is fine so as others have said it looks like yours might have a problem.
Ours is a very tall AEG that could, if needed, quite easily fit me inside it and we make good use of all the space too plus it has an inbuilt fan system to help keep a consistent temperature throughout.
It’s not like those American-style jobs with ice-makers, just a normal refrigerator - but taller.

It also has a few settings you can use if - as Bratti suggests - perhaps you were to suddenly overfill it after a large shop for example and need things quickly cooled.

People do sometimes question the need for a large refrigerator in the home, but especially in weather like we have had recently it is invaluable.

Thank You, Zaphod.
I should have mentioned that it is the ‘fridge’ in a fridge/freezer.
Until, l saw the replies on here, l had no idea that overfilling a fridge caused such problems!
It wasn’t really overfilled, it was more the cartons that took up all the room!

[Artangel]

@Bathsheba

Is it a fridge freezer? Check the seal on the freezer section - if it’s faulty and not sealing the freezer properly then the motor will stay on all the time, working harder to keep everything frozen, and this can cause freezing in the fridge compartment.

Also, if you can pull it out, check the coils at the back - if they’re dusty this can have a similar effect, making the motor work harder to keep the temperature in the freezer stable.

Thank You, Bathsheba.

I have checked the seals and they all seem fine.
I would love to be able to pull it out but it’s built in to the units.

You might remember, it gained fame for having the glass shelf at a crooked angle!!

[Artangel]

@Dextrous63

It is essential for one of the freezer shelves to be kept at an angle for the fridge to work properly. Some people foolishly level them all up

What a lovely day for you to go and play in the traffic!! Ha!

[Artangel]

@JBR

Perhaps I ought to mention that our freezer is certainly not over-filled.
In fact, there is very little in it, as we are so poor.

JBR, l will organise a food parcel for you… with worms!

The freezer part is fine, it is just the fridge section that is misbehaving.

[Meg]

I initially misread this thread (I am dyslexic) and thought it said …

‘How is your fringe coming in this weather’

Mine isn’t coping at all, it is limp and damp and as soon as I set foot outside the door it drips perspiration into my eyes :shock:

[Dextrous63]

@Meg

I initially misread this thread (I am dyslexic) and thought it said …

‘How is your fringe coming in this weather’

Mine isn’t coping at all, it is limp and damp and as soon as I set foot outside the door it drips perspiration into my eyes :shock:

I feel an invention coming on. A drip strip/tray for hair fringes. Look out for me on Dragon’s Den.

[Artangel]

@Meg

My very ancient fridge freezer (over 20) is doing just fine and keeping cool things cool and frozen things frozen

I reward its good behaviour by cleaning and defrosting regularly.

Thank You, Meg.

I did defrost and clean it not long ago and that’s when l put the shelf back in at a crooked angle!

It now seems that my defrosting and cleaning it has had the opposite affect to yours… the shock of it being defrosted and cleaned, has almost killed it!!

[Artangel]

@Dextrous63

How to Prevent Freezing Food in the Refrigerator | Whirlpool

Looks like bakerman was probably the closest and offered the best initial advice.

Yes, Bakerman did give really good advice.
The other posters did too and l am always truly grateful when members take the time and trouble to help and advise me.

I really mean that…

[Meg]

@Dextrous63

I feel an invention coming on. A drip strip/tray for hair fringes. Look out for me on Dragon’s Den.

Dex I have taken to wearing a cotton bandana on my forehead which raised an odd look from the postman especially as it makes my fringe stick out at an odd angle …

[Meg]

@Artangel

Thank You, Meg.

I did defrost and clean it not long ago and that’s when l put the shelf back in at a crooked angle!

It now seems that my defrosting and cleaning it has had the opposite to yours… the shock of it being defrosted and cleaned, has almost killed it!!

Aw Art , poor fridge I am sure it will grow another protective coat very soon…

[Artangel]

@Meg

I initially misread this thread (I am dyslexic) and thought it said …

‘How is your fringe coming in this weather’

Mine isn’t coping at all, it is limp and damp and as soon as I set foot outside the door it drips perspiration into my eyes :shock:

Meg, you could put your fringe into a mini ponytail, or just cut it straight off, at the roots!!

Very helpful, aren’t l?

[Dextrous63]

@Meg

Dex I have taken to wearing a cotton bandana on my forehead which raised an odd look from the postman especially as it makes my fringe stick out at an odd angle …

Meg, I have applied for the patent for that. Your people will be hearing from my people as soon as Art gives me permission to come off the central reservation of the Barton Viaduct section of the M60.