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Every time you open the doors you will release some cool air into the room, and make the fridge/freezer a little warmer inside, forcing its compressor to start working to cool it back down again. So avoid keeping the doors open. Start to figure out small habits to keep the doors closed as much as possible, even during the times that you are cooking. | Every time you open the doors you will release some cool air into the room, and make the fridge/freezer a little warmer inside, forcing its compressor to start working to cool it back down again. So avoid keeping the doors open. Start to figure out small habits to keep the doors closed as much as possible, even during the times that you are cooking. | ||
To prevent you from standing around | To prevent you from standing and browse around on what you have got, with the doors open, try to start some kind of inventory list of what is inside, and you can combine this with a shopping list. If you have some decorative fridge-magnets, just take a blank sheet of paper and put at the center of the door, held up with 1-4 magnets. When you come home from grocery shopping just add and change on the lists with pencil and eraser. Other simple methods: postit-notes, whiteboard, noticeboard. | ||
Check the doors on your fridge/freezer and oven at least once a year to make sure that the rubber/plastic insulation strips around the edges are clean, that the doors are undamaged and close air tight. Any amount of air that is released from any gaps is wasted energy and money. | Check the doors on your fridge/freezer and oven at least once a year to make sure that the rubber/plastic insulation strips around the edges are clean, that the doors are undamaged and close air tight. Any amount of air that is released from any gaps is wasted energy and money. |