Refrigerators

If the refigerator or freezer is empty, it is best to shut it off and prop the door open to prevent mold. If the refrigerator or freezer is full, it is best to leave it running at a normal setting. It will use very little electricity if left closed.

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If you leave your refrigerator's door open whilst it is switched off, no harm will be done - in fact it is a very good idea to do this as it will help to prevent the mold build-up which can easily happen if it is left closed at normal room temperature with no fresh air circulation.

If you leave your refrigerator's door open whilst it is switched on, the compressor pump will run continuously trying to cool the air in the room whilst at the same time pumping heat out into the same room!

That is not a good idea for at least 3 reasons:

* you will waste electricity 24/7

* the fridge will not cool down enough to protect any food * the compressor and its electric motor will both overheat, which will usually reduce their normal working life from 8 to 10 years to only maybe 1 year or less.

The first sign you see is formation of some frost on the back wall of the freezer section. When you see this behind the wall where the evaporator is, there is already a lot of frost/ice covering the entire evaporator. This stops cold air flow to the fresh food section and causing it to warm up.

Usually this happens due to failure to one or more of the following:

1. Defrost Heater

2. Defrost Timer

3. Defrost Thermostat

Note: My answer may be specific to side-by-side refrigerators. Evaporator coil of other types of refrigerators may be located at a different place.

Yes, however for compressor life, the compressor should be rotated so as to preserve the gravitational oiling characteristics.

Open metal cans will behave like other food containers, so over time they will build bacteria. Just keep an eye on it and eat it within a week.

Every time you open your fridge door - or indeed your freezer's door - it allows cold air to fall out onto the floor of the room. If this is allowed to happen for more than a few moments the thermostat inside the fridge or freezer, sensing that too much cold air has gone, will turn on the fridge's motor and compressor pump to cool down the new air. The more the compressor pump and its motor are forced to run unnecessarily, the more electricity would be used, with the consequence that the money to pay for that electricity would simply be wasted.

Knowing those "facts of life" it should be easy to understand why it is better to keep the door closed as much as possible instead of leaving it to hang open for more than the short time it takes to load or unload food from the fridge.

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A: The physical appearance of a refrigerator:

A refrigerator is usually large in height and in volume. It has a long handle bar on the front, and sometimes includes an ice maker, which can also be found on the front. Refrigerators are usually made out of steel.

A week is a little long to keep the meat refrigerated. You can be sure it will be good for 3 to 5 days. To keep it longer, you should freeze the meat.

When determining whether or not the food is any good, it is the temperature of the food itself that is important. If the pork was 40°F, there's likely no problem. If the pork is 56°F, then you need to determine how long it was at that temperature.

If you are in doubt, don't use it.

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Unless you plan on moving the wall into the adjoining room or into the great outdoors, there is no way to accommodate a deep refrigerator.

Yes, it smells like rotten food & propane(LPG) mixed together.

Yes, it smells like rotten food & propane(LPG) mixed together.

Is it still cooling? If so, it most likely is not refrigerant or oil.

yes it is cooling just fine but there is an oily substance on food that appears to be dripping from small upper freezer area, when wiped it looks like light grease

A refrigerator has a freezer and a cooler compartment. Very cold air from the freezer compartment is blown over the cooler compartment below to cool the product while a Cooler has no freezer compartment.

No, refrigerant never wheres out. It should last forever. If you need a boast it is because the unit lost its charge through a leak.

compressor runs quieter than usuAL and overheats

We did the same....... better opportunity to buy the new unit...learn from mistake.

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there is a tray below the de-fridge

My 20 year old upright freezer is about 10A starting, 3.27 amp running (263 watts)

My 10 year old fridge is very similar

Yes ... this prevents bad odors from forming.

If it is remaining on the same floor you could get a bath mat or similar item, turn it upside down so the fuzzy side is on the floor and then move the refrigerator onto the rug and slide it to where you want it . If it is going on a different floor you could rent an appliance handcart which has a strap built in that will help keep the refrigerator in place. Get a friend or two to help you move it.

Whirlpool licensed the RCA name and marketed RCA Whirlpool refrigerators from the late 1950s through the early 1990s. RCA Refrigerators are not longer manufactured.

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