In today's article I will tell you why do I put the bottle cap in the freezer and about three more tricks with the refrigerator, which i do before leaving for the country or vacation. Before leaving home for a long time, we always worry about the safety of our apartment. A refrigerator is a household appliance that should be given special attention before leaving.
Personally, if we leave the apartment less than 10 days, for example, at the dacha, I freeze a glass of water in the freezer, put a lid from any bottle on this glass and leave it in the freezer. When I come back from the trip, I open the freezer and see if the lid is also on the surface - there were no power outages if the cover is in the middle of the ice - then the refrigerator did not work for a short amount of time, and if lid on the bottom - the refrigerator has completely defrosted. I also use this method with a country refrigerator, and it is even more relevant, since the chances that the electricity will be cut off in the country are higher. Scroll the photo to the right.
If we leave the apartment for more than ten days, we unplug the refrigerator. Of course, I remove all products from it, and also use a few tricks:
- At first, rinsing the refrigerator plain warm water it is possible not with a strong soapy solution, it is necessary to remove the remnants of food that somehow remain on the surfaces of the household appliance.
- Secondly, the husband twists the rear legs so that the refrigerator is slightly tilted forward, this will allow keep the door open, other methods, for example, placing something, can damage the gum seal.
- Thirdly, I put in the refrigerator any flavoring, if there is none, then we can put a piece of black bread it will absorb unpleasant odors if they appear. If the article was useful for you - put your thumbs up!