Your appliances work hard for you on a day to day basis. They make life easier by cleaning and drying your dishes quickly, keeping your food fresh and your juice cold, and helping you prepare a delicious meal for the family. Imagining life without them seems impossible. They have become such a normal part of our routine that sometimes we …
When it comes to appliances, your freezer is one of the least likely places to get seriously dirty often. Unlike the refrigerator or your stove, it isn’t subject to frequent unsealed food exposure. When food goes into your freezer, it gets frozen and it isn’t as likely to be spilled and is less likely to release ambient odors because it …
Ice makers are a fantastic addition to the modern home experience. Why worry about constantly emptying and refilling ice trays when your refrigerator will output ice into your drink with a few seconds of pushing the lever. Except when it doesn’t. Ice makers may be great, but they are also finicky and it’s not always obvious what’s wrong with them. …
An above normal temperature in your refrigerator’s fresh food compartment or a below normal temperature in your freezer indicates the evaporator coils in your appliance are frosted over. A common cause of frozen coils is a faulty defrost heater. The defrost heater’s main purpose is melting the frost off the evaporator coils, meaning when the heater fails, frost build-up is …
You work hard to earn the money it takes to keep your family fed and the last thing you need is for your food to spoil. If your refrigerator isn’t cold enough, that is a real possibility. If you or one of your family members eats food that’s not properly chilled, you can get very ill. That’s the last thing …
The refrigerator is the lynchpin of the modern kitchen. Without it, we would be back to the days of root cellars and daily trips to the supermarket. However, while even the most ignored refrigerators will keep struggling along for awhile, simple maintenance at a daily or even monthly level can help keep your refrigerator cooling food efficiently and lasting longer …