Yeah - it was more curiosity than anything else that prompted me to check. None of us has been poisoned - yet! The dial goes from 1-8 and 4-5 seems to be the best setting obviously depending on outside/environmental temperature. Just that I turned it up a notch or so when we were storing the turkey and ham for the mother in law before Xmas and forgot to turn it back down and everything froze while we were away!
Yes.Clubman, I trust you just put the probe inside the fridge and kept the display unit outside of the fridge so you could read it without opening the door.
It's not the actual model linked above but I suspect that the +/- 2 degrees accuracy may apply to the one that I have too based on playing around with it elsewhere.lease also note the accuracy of your thermometer is plus or minus up to two degrees therefore your thermometer could read anywhere between three and seven degrees when the actual temperature is five degrees.
Thanks - that all makes sense alright.I'm not an expert on fridges but do check the temperature periodically using a thermometer similar to yours and once a year using a calibrated one I borrow from my job. Obviously my main concern is food safety but if one considers that their fridge/freezer is plugged in day and night for years then having it too cold can considerably increase the running costs. The variation in temperature that you got is presumably to do with the thermostat within the fridge which cuts out when the fridge reaches the desired temperature and then kicks in again when it goes above a set temperature. +4c is correct for a fridge and approx -16 to -18c for a freezer.
Yes. So I'll probably do it!But maybe this is over kill........................
Just that I turned it up a notch or so when we were storing the turkey and ham for the mother in law before Xmas and forgot to turn it back down and everything froze while we were away!
In fridges, you don't want to stop the cold air from circulating, but having it full is beneficial.I think that's true for freezers but not for fridges. In fridges too many things in it stops the air from circulating as it should. In freezers, the more frozen things the better as they keep the the temperature down.
When you open a fridge door cold air will escape and be replaced by warm air. If you have cold food or "goods" in the fridge these can't escape and will help regulate the temp within the fridge when the door is closed again.A full refrigerator retains cold better than an empty one. If your refrigerator is nearly empty, store water-filled containers inside. The mass of cold items will enable the refrigerator to recover more quickly after the door has been opened. On the other hand, don't overfill it, since that will interfere with the circulation of cold air inside. The simplest solution is to buy the right size for your family in the first place.
If you have cold food or "goods" in the fridge these can't escape
Did you omit a link there? I'm interested in having a dual probe indoor/outdoor thermometer with a min/max memory and I like the "ice alert" feature on the Lidl one. And I'm a sucker for useless gadgets. Or as my sister says - "typical man..."
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