{"id":21382,"date":"2025-12-01T01:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=21382"},"modified":"2025-12-01T01:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:19:03","slug":"refrigerator-has-a-small-button-that-can-save-millions-in-electricity-bill-many-people-dont-know-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=21382","title":{"rendered":"Refrigerator has a small button that can save millions in electricity bill: Many people don\u2019t know this"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most people don\u2019t realize their refrigerator has a small control button (or dial) that should be adjusted in winter to save electricity. Since fridges run 24\/7, they are among the most power-hungry appliances in the home\u2014using roughly 50\u201375 kWh per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In winter, you can lower your fridge\u2019s cooling level<\/strong> because the surrounding temperature is already cold. Modern fridges usually have settings from 1\u20135 or 1\u20136. While summer often requires higher settings, winter only needs <strong>level 1\u20133<\/strong>, which keeps food safely stored while reducing power use. The freezer can also be set slightly lower unless it\u2019s full of fresh meat or seafood, which needs about <strong>\u201318\u00b0C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also adjust temperatures based on how full the fridge is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nearly empty:<\/strong> use a lower setting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Very full:<\/strong> raise the cooling level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Extra tips to save more electricity:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keep the fridge away from walls, heat sources, and other appliances so it can release heat properly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid leaving the door open\u2014cold air escapes and forces the compressor to work harder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A simple adjustment in winter can noticeably lower your electricity bill while keeping your food fresh and safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people don\u2019t realize their refrigerator has a small control button (or dial) that should be adjusted in winter to save electricity. Since fridges run 24\/7, they&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":240,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21384,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21382\/revisions\/21384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}