Fridge when on holiday.

No, we do not turn the fridge off when going on holiday.

No point. Buy a simple supper for the night you get back, if use by dates allow. ie Pasta/Sauce etc. Saves having your first task to go get something for supper.

Many years ago my husband turned off our fridge for two weeks while we went on holiday. I did not know. We came back to the horror of black mildew and mould and the smell YUK.
He was very unpopular for quite a long time afterwards

I’ve a fridge/freezer so no I keep it turned on as it would turn the freezer off as well

Goodness. I would be cross too!

Whilee I was studying and spent my summer holidays helping my parents (they were paying my education) I did turn off the fridge, clean it, and leave it open while I was away.

If I were going away for more than a few days, I would do the same now. It does not really matter whether you can reach the socket or not, as modern fridges can be turned off using the dail that alters the temperature, while the fridge is on.

I am not sure this is at all neccesary.

More worrying if you are away from home, unless a friend or neighbour goes in to check regularly, is the thought of a power cut knocking out the supply to the freezer, then coming back on and food that had been partially or entirely defrozen being re-frozen!

Oddly enough, none of us seem to let that thought worry us, although the risk of food poisoning from that kind of accident is much more serious than that likely to occurmif the fridge went off and then on again when the power cut was over.

We do. Hubby works away for 2 to 3 months at a time and I can join him. At the end of COVID, and when everything went back to normal, I was allowed to join him for the last 2 weeks of his contract. I left the under-counter fridge and freezer on.

Big mistake. There had been a power failure and everything in the freezer was galloping out of the door when we arrived home. The stench was unbelievable. It took months of cleaning and disinfecting to get rid of the smell. My husband had built an alcove with countertop in the kitchen for the fridge and freezer (nice extra work surface) but he had dismantle it, get rid if the smelly wood and re-do the whole darn thing. Now we empty and clean the fridge and freezer, leaving the doors wedged open with a hand towel. It's a faff but not worth coming back to rotting meat & veg.

Never.

Nandalot

When we were young and very green, (students), we emptied the fridge and turned it off. We didn’t know you should keep the door wedged open and came back to a mouldy mess.

Oh yes! Remember the black mould around the door seals? 😩

Never

MArtavTaurus You made me chuckle ‘not dodgy random’.

If you do turn the fridge off make sure you prop the door open for the time you’re away, will allow air to circulate and ensure you don’t come back to mould/mildew.

Why would anyone turn it off? Firstly it would hwvd to be completely empty or else you're coming home to a strong rotten stench. Who has an empty fridge?

Fridge/freezer here too and we have never turned it off, no matter how long we are away. Don't even turn off other electricals any more either.

AmberGran

Fridge/freezer here too and we have never turned it off, no matter how long we are away. Don't even turn off other electricals any more either.

We turn everything off apart from the F/F.
My friends neighbours house went up in smoke, due to pile of clothing falling over on to an extension lead that was left plugged in.

Thanks everyone. It will definitely stay on.