be careful if your fridge or freezer has an eco setting on it to think twice before using it

[andyr123]

have a fridge freezer with a digital display panel on it - in amongst the preset settings I was tempted myself to set the fridge freezer on an ECO mode which set the fridge part to 8'c and the freezer to -15 ... on 'normal' mode the fridge is set to 4'c and the freezer to -18.

I just thought I would run it past Google ai to see what it reckoned setting the fridge to 8'c and the freezer to -15 and it was a big no from that which said it puts the fridge and freezer compartments into a danger zone where bacteria can thrive at those temperatures and food stored long time will spoil and the food consumed could make you ill at those temperatures .

so i have put it back to the recommended fridge 4'c and freezer -18 now and left it at that. But I could see some consumers especially trying to cut their energy bills, being very tempted to set and forget the fridge freezer to ECO mode and leaving it at that.

 

[jj4091]

Can't see -15 being a problem, but I guess you can't set one without the other.

 

[andyr123]

Can't see -15 being a problem, but I guess you can't set one without the other.

you can on our fridge , could leave the freezer -15 and the fridge +4c - still do not know if I could trust it. - Google ai reckons at -15c its not good for long storage of meat etc at -15c and lowers its 4 star rating