Why “fridge” is being discussed
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Right now all the new refrigerators seem to have 2 year warranties, even the ones from Costco. At least they give you extra extended. Last fridge I had was a Kenmore Elite with…
by themaninthedark · Sep 23, 2026
They’re also substantially less efficient. No full size fridge would ever use them because they’d chew tons and tons of power to cool in a residential house.
by Kirby64 · Sep 23, 2026
I'll never understand why someone would buy a fridge from a smartphone manufacturer. It's like they wake up one day like "my life is too simple, I want the joys of software upda…
by globular-toast · Sep 23, 2026
If you order at least once a month it is probably worth upgrading from Walmart+ to Walmart+ InHome. That's $40/year but it has these advantages: • Delivery is by a backgrou…
by tzs · Sep 23, 2026
I'll just say that if you honestly think AC in a car is a comparable feature to a network enabled fridge then we're never going to agree on anything.
by Boxxed · Sep 23, 2026
The previous house I moved from had a Subzero fridge in it from 1990. It was serviced in 2012 and was still running strong when I left. One thing that pleased me was the easy ac…
by diskzero · Sep 23, 2026
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A refrigerator, commonly shortened to fridge, is a commercial and home appliance consisting of a thermally insulated compartment and a heat pump that transfers heat from its inside to its external environment so that its inside is cooled to a temperature below the ambient temperature of the room. Refrigeration is an essential food storage technique around the world. The low temperature reduces the reproduction rate of bacteria, so the refrigerator lowers the rate of spoilage. A refrigerator maintains a temperature a few degrees above the freezing point of water. The optimal temperature range for perishable food storage is 3 to 5 °C. A freezer is a specialized refrigerator, or portion of a refrigerator, that maintains its contents' temperature below the freezing point of water. The refrigerator replaced the icebox, which had been a common household appliance for almost a century and a half. The United States Food and Drug Administration recommends that the refrigerator be kept at or below 4 °C (40 °F) and that the freezer be regulated at −18 °C (0 °F). Read more on Wikipedia