Ivy says:
A comment on this post reminded me of something I had been wanting to post about for awhile. Typically, you should be vacuuming your refrigerator coils twice a year with your spring and fall cleaning. Vacuuming the refrigerator coils not only extends the life of your refrigerator, but it helps save electricity, because a dusty fridge has to work harder.
However, if you have pets, you should vacuum more often- the more pets, the more vacuuming. I have 2 cats and a dog, and I vacuum once every couple of months. It really does save electricity costs- when I started doing this, I noticed a small drop in my electricity bill!
Tags: Appliances · Dust · Kitchen · Refrigerator8 Comments
Shoot. I was hoping this was a myth, or at least a “once every few years” kind of thing. Time to drag out the vacuum…
This scares me. Really. It scares me. Under my *fridge*? It’s disgusting under there. I assume, because I never look under there because I think it’s disgusting.
How on earth do you vacuum a fridge coil? What *is* a fridge coil? Where is it?
(submitting sheepishly now)
OK, uh (feeling embarassed) . . . so, I’m supposed to do this chore on this coil thingy? Would you mind posting pictures and step by step instructions on how to do this? Thanks!
I bet I can put together a tutorial this evening. Before anyone gets mother hen-ish, I’ll make my husband pull the fridge out. I’m definitely overdue with regard to that chore.
new to me!
Please do a tutorial!!
thanks. I have 3 dog in my house.
please do tutorial too.
some refrigerators are impossible to vacuum out!