topic Re: Refrigerator & Freezer Temperature in Kitchen

Refrigerator & Freezer Temperature

mekhya — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:31:01 GMT

What temperature do you keep your refrigerator(s) & freezer(s)? I keep the main refrigerator at 34 degrees the drawer is at 33 degrees & the freezer at -4 degrees (the lowest each one goes). The other fridge isn't digital so I'm not sure of the exact temperature it is set between normal & max markings which also controls the freezer. The big chest freezer is set at 8 with 10 being the highest.

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mekhya — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:31:38 GMT

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Ibby114 — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 23:26:51 GMT

37 degrees for the frig and 2 degrees for the freezer. Frigidaire set it up for me when my side by side was delivered last month- they told me these were optimal settings. That was news to me !!

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mekhya — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 23:35:27 GMT

I thought maybe I had the Samsung fridge/freezer set too low. Sounds like maybe I do.

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Ibby114 — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 01:14:09 GMT

@mekhya wrote:
I thought maybe I had the Samsung fridge/freezer set too low. Sounds like maybe I do.

@mekhya I was surprised the 'optimal' freezer temperature wasn't a negative #! Frigidaire told me too low can bring on the frost.

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Tyak — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 03:06:32 GMT

My fridge is set at 36* and the freezer at -1*.

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rockygems123 — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 04:05:52 GMT

I have a Samsung too, door in door French one, they set it at zero and 37, temps seems to work ok.

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Nightowlz — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 18:30:17 GMT

My freezer on the refrigerator is 5°, the refrigerator is on 34°

My large upright freezer in the garage is almost 20° below. LOL!!! DH must not have got it set right when we defrosted it a few months ago. We usually have it on 0°.

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islandergirl — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 22:35:59 GMT

Fridge is at 41, freezer at 7.

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SilleeMee — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:45:33 GMT

My fridge/freezer is the old kind. It has a dial on the inside of the fridge part that goes from 1 to 5, where 5 is the coldest. I have it set on 2 and I have placed two wireless temperature sensors, one in the fridge and one in the freezer which transmit to a main thermometer reader on the wall. If either go above a certain temp then the thing sets off an alarm. Fridge is 38, freezer 0.

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Zhills — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:38:32 GMT

Just got a new Amana refrigerator. It states to keep the digital number at "4" for both the freezer and fridge but doesn't give a temperature for the setting.

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mekhya — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 18:22:27 GMT

SilleeMee can you tell me where you got those wireless temperature sensors? They sound really interesting & I've never heard of anything like that for home use.

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Financialgrl — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 23:05:24 GMT

I just bought a new home and the default settings for my GE fridge were 37 for fridge and 0 for freezer. I've never changed it.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 23:47:15 GMT

@mekhya wrote:
SilleeMee can you tell me where you got those wireless temperature sensors? They sound really interesting & I've never heard of anything like that for home use.

Sorry I didn't see your question sooner @mekhya.

This is the one I got from amazon:

AcuRite 00986A2 Refrigerator/Freezer Wireless Digital Thermometer - $27

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mekhya — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 00:01:13 GMT

Thank you SilleeMee I will check it out.

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x Hedge — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 02:10:19 GMT

@mekhya, in my state, for hospitals, long term care centers, and any type of restaurant, cafe, or other food service that serves the public, refrigerator temp must be 40° F plus or minus 2°, with the reading taken after the door has been closed at least 1 full hour.

Im positive about the range for the refrigerator temp.

Im not positive about freezer temp, but I think the acceptable range was 28°F - 32°F. Same thing about checking the temp when the door hasn't been opened.