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Originally Posted by ruby9red
Just trying to get a feel for what you snowbirds do about your refrigarator durning the summer months when you go north. I left mine on this past summer because we didn't want to waste the food, etc in it.
We left ours on last summer and when we came down this winter we found the food spoiled because the compressor broke, apparently due to a power surge.
So we bought a new refrigarator and trying to deciede if we want to leave it plugged in or not. What do others do?
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I was a snow bird for over 10 years in another part of Florida. If you plan to stay away for 5 months or longer, unplug the refrigerator and leave the doors open by placing something like a towel in the inside of the doors so they can't close. You don't have to think about it while your gone and you will save a little money too. Also most foods will be a little too old.