Money Saving Kitchen Tips

Check Your Kitchen Appliances

If your refrigerator has an anti-sweat feature, use only if necessary. Refrigerators work to cool your food but they also heat the area around the door seal to prevent condensation (anti-sweat feature). Using the anti-sweat feature requires 5% to 10% more energy. If your refrigerator has a power-saving switch that limits the amount of time the anti-sweat feature is enabled, use it. Turn it off if you don’t need it!

Tips & Advice for Refrigerators

• Clean refrigerator coils annually.
• Set the refrigerator temperature to 35º – 37ºF and the freezer temperature to 0º – 5ºF.
• Make sure gaskets around the door seal tightly.
• Let hot food cool before storing in the refrigerator.

Tips for Microwave & Stoves

• Use your microwave for cooking when possible.
• When cooking on a stove, use pot lids to help food cook faster.
• If you are heating water, use hot tap water instead of cold water.

Advice for Garbage Disposals & Dishwashers

• Use cold water for the garbage disposal.
• Rinse dirty dishes with cold water before putting them into the dishwasher.
• Run the dishwasher only when it is full.
• Use the air-dry cycle instead of the heat-dry cycle on your dishwasher.

When you have questions about your kitchen plumbing systems near Columbia think of the local plumbers at Carolina Conditions for all your plumbing service needs.