Correct temperature for a freezer?

Legacy_user

Does anyone know what the correct temperature for a freezer is? It is presently -20c but the only conversion charts i can find are in f and maths was never my strong point.

Porker

-20C is -4F, apparently.


http://www.onlineconversion.com/temperature.htm

a quick nose around google indicates that freezers should be at 0f, ie -18c, so your's sounds about right...

IJJoseph

Agree with porker. -18C

System

Thanks, i thought it was ok, but wasnt sure. (well the food is still frozen anyway ).

Now i need to sort the fridge.

kazd

Funnily enough we ran ours down just before we went away, I have always had my freezer set to -24 but my husband read that the factory standard is -18. Ours is kept in the garage.

IJJoseph

Fridges should be 5C

arkonite_babe

Or less, the optimum temp for your fridge is between 3 and 5c

I bought a fridge fresh egg for under a pound in a local shop. When it's completely all blue colour then fridge is at correct temp, if it goes white then fridge is too warm.

HTH

divadee

just had a look in my instruction manual that came with my fridge/freezer and it tells me to set the freezer to -18 and my fridge to 3

luckily on mine i have the digital display so i know the exact temperature. i have lowered mine to 2 degrees in the really hot weather we have been having though

Hope that helps judi