It might sound odd, but most of the people who think they need fridge repair don't actually require it at all. Sometimes people have just been using their fridges incorrectly and are mistakenly blaming the appliance itself. If you think your food and drinks are spoiling too quickly, make sure you've considered the following before you contact a repair company. Recognizing these mistakes and making these changes could save you the cost of a whole new fridge.
Common Refrigerator Mistakes and How to Fix Them:
Placing things on the door of a fridge means that they'll be easy to reach, and it's often done with bottles since they will remain upright and less likely to leak. That's great, but you should definitely avoid putting milk and other perishables in the door compartments. This is because the temperature changes and varies drastically in the door compartments since it's the closest part of your fridge to the rest of the room. This means that milk and other such items will go bad faster if you leave them there, so make sure you place them on one of the main shelves.
While the temperature in your fridge's door might vary, the central area should stay relatively uniform. Unless that is, you happen to bunch things together with little room for breathing. Fridges maintain their coolness by circulating air around their central compartments. Unfortunately, if air isn't allowed to circulate properly, certain hot and cold spots will develop. Make sure this doesn't happen by spreading your food out, leaving a little room between items.
However well you organize your fridge, things may still to go bad. The problem is that many people forget to write down or remember how long something has left before expiry. This often leads to people overestimating the life of perishables and then finding out that they've spoiled. You can easily avoid this by using a dry erase marker to write on the front of the fridge. Just make a quick note of essentials you put inside the refrigerator and when it expires. Sounds obsessive? This is actually a common practice undertaken by millions of people.
