PSA: clean your refrigerator

[Fritz]

especially them coils and (yech!!!!!!) defrost drip pan.

[graylocks]

i thought this was going to be another out of date food thread.

[Lew Zealand]

Just did the inside as we left in a hurry for 2 weeks. There was something that smelled funny in there and we never ID'd it but with all the bad food outta there, all is well again.

I do need to clean the coils, tho. It's been more than a year since last time. Dryer vent is due, too.

[Grateful11]

We bought a long skinny tapered brush at WalMart made just for cleaning the coils underneath and it
works great. Man alive was it nasty. It was much easier when they put the coils on the back.

Very similar to this:

http://www.amazon.com/Whirlpool-4210463R..._1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1279561968&sr=8-1

[OWC Jamie]

just dab some peanut butter on them here and there and the mice will clean them for ya

[Acer]

There are coils?

[cbelt3]

Did mine with the same brush grateful uses last weekend. I know know where the dust bunnies are hiding when the cat is looking for them.

Also don't forget to wash out the condenser coils on your household air conditioner unit (the thingy outside that makes all the noise). Mine was packed full of nice cottonwood polleny goodness.

[graylocks]

Acer wrote:
There are coils?

that was also my thought. just searched on YouTube. lots of how to's. oh great, something else to add to me to-do list...

[kap]

graylocks wrote:
[quote=Acer]
There are coils?

that was also my thought. just searched on YouTube. lots of how to's. oh great, something else to add to me to-do list...
There goes my 3 day vacation. Why, oh why

Note 2 self: avoid clicking on PSA posts.

[OWC Jamie]

mine is lucky to have exposed paint coating on the handle once a year ...