What to Do when Your Refrigerator Stops Working

People can never tell when or if it's going to happen. Something that everyone takes for granted is their refrigerator. Until it stops working one day. You've opened it hundreds or maybe thousands of times to grab a refreshing beverage, lunch meat and those tasty left overs. So, what do you do if that day comes when your fridge thinks it's quitting time? Take these next steps when you discover the painful news.

Check the plug

Pull the fridge out if you have to, but you need to see if it is all the way plugged in. You never know maybe it just came out a little to shut it off temporarily. Take the plug out of the outlet and plug it back in to make sure it is properly secure and if your lucky it may turn back on.

Fuse box

Find your fuse box for the house and see if the fuse was tripped for some reason. With the weather conditions acting up, it can alter your electric supply. There might be several electronics used in your home that may have tripped the fuse, so that needs to be checked out.

Check your freezer food

If your freezer food is still almost frozen and hard, then the fridge hasn't stopped for too long. That's some good news. You still have time to save it. Move all your freezer items to your spare freezer if you have one. If not, ask a friend or family member if you can store a few frozen items till you get the ball rolling again. If you live in cold climate and it's less than 30 degrees outside , then you can store your frozen food outside. Make sure it is in a cooler or container out of the sun and away from animals. Throw some ice in there or purchase some from your corner store.

Fridge items

Touch and smell your items in the fridge section to see if they are still cold and not spoiled. Go through each shelf and sort the items that will soon spoil such as milk. Usually you have about four hours until food starts to spoil.

Make some calls

Start searching for an appliance repair person and describe the problem to them. While you are waiting for them to arrive start eating away. Fill up your belly with leftovers galore. Hopefully they will find the problem and know a quick solution. If the part that is needed costs more than one quarter of the original price of the fridge, then you should probably just get another one. Unless you have a Cadillac of a fridge, then a $300 repair is better than buying another one.