fridge temperature

Mr_Proctalgia

For those wishing to check further. The correct way to check to temp of a fridge is to put a glass of water in it at least overnight and then measure the temperature of the water using a suitable thermometer, measuring the air temperature is not accurate and gives errors (usually reads high)

HTH

HeidiBoo_2

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Pyewacket338

Between 1.7 and 3.3..... I know because I checked this the other day, I had a few things going off in there, turns out the auto-defrost had packed up and it had built up with ice.

Contains_Mild_Peril

2 degrees is perfect, yes. Up to 4 is still OK.

HeidiBoo_2

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Penelope_Penguin

I was taught 4Cwhen I did Domestic Science at school

I'll add this to the exisisting thread on fridge temperatures to keep ideas together.

Penny. x

nesssie1702

Different parts of your fridge will be at different temperatures - ideally, you're looking for a temperature between 2 - 5 ºC. The danger zone for bacterial growth is 5 - 63 ºC. That's why some books will recommend a temperature of 4 ºC.

Another way of measuring the temperature is to keep a block of jelly in the fridge and use a probe thermometer to measure the jelly (and the temperature of other food stored) that way.

Automan_2

I have just got a new Bosch fridge / freezer model KGV36VW30G

It only has a fridge thermostat which only permits you to set it in 2 degree c units.

The default is 4 which lets parts of the fridge get down to 0.2c and freezer -22c but if I set it to 6 it seems to get too warm (above 5 with freezer only at -10c in top drawer).

I bought it because it was supposed to be A++ rated with an annual consumption of 227kwh

Instead it uses more than my old one as the single compressor has to run quite a lot...

Automan.

Automan_2

Seems my six day old KGV36VW30G has died

Passes diagnostic tests but compressor never runs

In superfreeze mode it draws only 16 watts.

Book says try unplugging for five minutes so just trying that...

Not a happy bunny.

Automan.

erickb

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What a right carry on for the last year this stupid fridge freezer of ours has being telling porkies temperature display has being all over the place back and forth like a yo yo milk going off butter going soft, god i have lost count of engineers fitting different parts still the problem kept coming back had to kick up an almighty stink in the end my insurance company finally gave in an gave us a replacement after one of their agents agsrefrigeration.co.uk put in a report saying their was a breakdown in the insulation and therefore it could not be repaired. Next time i wont be buying one of these fancy appliances something nice and simple and hope for the best.