Renowned manufacturers explain whether magnets on the refrigerator really increase electricity consumption

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They are a part of everyday life in many households: magnets on the refrigerator. We not only tell you whether they consume electricity, but also what you should avoid.

Do magnets on the refrigerator increase electricity consumption? No, when asked by our colleagues at GameStar-Tech, Bosch and LG, as established manufacturers of refrigerators, dismissed this as a myth. The only danger is a sheer colony of refrigerator magnets. The increased weight of the door could then shorten the lifespan of the hinge. The fields of the magnets have no influence on operation.

So while you can safely attach at least some magnets to the refrigerator door, there are other aspects that really increase consumption.

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How can you save electricity when using a refrigerator?

Here we repeat what Bosch recommends to save electricity:

Position and cleaning

  • The refrigerator should be placed a little way away from the wall so that enough air can pass the cooling elements. If you can reach the back, you should occasionally remove dust from the ventilation grilles.
  • The room should also be dry and well ventilated. There should also be no large heat sources that heat up the refrigerator unnecessarily. The oven should not be right next to it, and the sun should not shine directly on the refrigerator for hours.

    • There are some basic rules for using your refrigerator to save energy:

  • The less often and for shorter periods the door is open, the better.
  • The emptier the refrigerator is, the worse it is, because cooling air is less efficient than cooling solid objects. If you don’t want/can’t/are not allowed to have so much food in the house, put a block of Styrofoam or another dry, inorganic material in it. This will save electricity in the long run.
  • Only put food in the refrigerator that is not warmer than the air temperature in the room.
  • If your appliance does not have an automatic defrost function, you should defrost the appliance yourself regularly.
  • You can put frozen food in the fridge overnight. This not only ensures that it thaws gently, but also releases cold air into the fridge. This saves electricity for cooling.

    • The optimal temperatures

    To save electricity, you should set appropriate values. The lower the set temperature (or the higher the selected level), the more energy the refrigerator uses. E.ON points out that 1 degree Celsius more or less is associated with around six percent more or less electricity consumption. They therefore recommend:

  • Refrigerator: 7 degrees Celsius
  • Freezer compartment: -18 degrees Celsius

    • Where should things go in the fridge?

    LG recommends distributing food in the refrigerator as follows. Because it is not equally cool everywhere, it is coldest at the bottom and warmest at the top.

  • Vegetables and fruit are stored below (vegetable compartment),
  • Meat, fish and sausage also at the bottom if possible,
  • in the middle milk, yoghurt and cream,
  • and at the top, butter, jam and cheese are waiting to be eaten.

    • This article has already appeared in a similar form on our sister site GameStar.de.

    And if the next time you order from Amazon – it doesn’t have to be a refrigerator – you find goods in the package that you neither ordered nor paid for, then we answer the obvious question: “Can I keep it?” in the following article with the help of lawyer Christian Solmecke: What should you do if Amazon accidentally sends you additional items in addition to the ones you ordered? We asked a lawyer

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