The shopping is in the kitchen, waiting to be put in the fridge. Many people ask themselves the question: Can the refrigerator door remain open the entire time when you’re putting it away or is it better to close it between each move?
Refrigerator: This saves electricity
To prevent the refrigerator from causing electricity costs to skyrocket, there are a few things you should consider before opening and closing the door.
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Putting the fridge away: open the door or close the door?
While some say it makes sense to leave the refrigerator door open for a longer period of time, others dispute this and close the door every now and then.
Stiftung Warentest addressed this phenomenon back in 2014. Two experiments tested which actions increase electricity consumption.
- In the first experiment, the testers opened the refrigerator door less often, but left it open longer.
- During the second run, the door was opened more frequently but remained open for a shorter period of time.
The results showed: If the door remained open longer, power consumption tended to increase more than in the second attempt. When putting away your groceries, this means that if you close the door every now and then, you use less energy.
However, it should be noted that all refrigerators differ in their energy class or device type when it comes to power consumption.
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