Fire Precaution!! Have You Checked Your Fridge Lately?

[Mr Sprue]

Believe it or not there is at least on average one fridge freezer fire a week and that statistic is in London alone!  Like most households we have a frost free fridge freezer. Every year I make a point of removing the lower grill and clean the condenser which always over time gathers a lot of fluff.

Today I couldn't help noticing that the cooling fan seemed to running a lot more than normal, so I removed the lower grill for a quick inspection and this is what I discovered....



And this what the condenser should look like (after its hoovering!)




Might be worth checking yours!

[Trainfish]

And as a bonus it should be more efficient now 

[Sprintex]

Not a Beko is it? Wasn't there a spate of fires involving their fridge-freezers a while back? 


Paul

[Mr Sprue]

Not a Beko is it? Wasn't there a spate of fires involving their fridge-freezers a while back? 

No way I would never buy a Beko, I think like most fridge freezers today they use alcohol instead of refrigerant, so no wonder they can go up in flames!

And as a bonus it should be more efficient now 

You bet it will....that condenser will be cooling the refrigerant a lot more easier now! 

[Smokebox]

Maybe 20 years ago or more, got up one morning, made a pot of tea, went to get the milk out of the fridge and the door wouldn't open.  Had to peel the magnetic strip back and pull hard on the door.  Once open, it was pretty obvious what the problem was as everything was smoke damaged.  The thermostat had packed up and burnt the plastic housing and fridge lining causing a vacuum as it used all the air up.

Annoyingly, the fridge was still working but unusable.  A lucky escape from a potentially serious fire in the night.