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What is the correct refrigerator temperature?
The ideal refrigerator fresh food section temperature is 38 degrees Fahrenheit. The ideal freezer frozen food section or free standing freezer temperature is 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Generally to accomplish this all you need to do is set your controls to the center position. On most refrigerators there is only one cooling section and that is in the freezer. Therefore most freezer controls simply allow more or less air to pass through the fresh food section. Usually a thermostat or thermistor in the refrigerator's fresh food section controls the amount of time the refrigerator operates

Save The Newspaper
Newspaper works best at snaring those invisible stinky molecules that float around your refrigerator. Just take a section of newspaper and put in your freezer section. Change it once a week and your refrigerator will be fresh as new. If you need to store something especially smelly like fish just put some newspaper on top of that container for extra odor absorption.

Dishwasher oversudsing / leaking on the floor
If a very small amount of dish detergent the kind used in the sink gets in your dishwasher, the wash action will cause oversudsing. To stop oversudsing simply add a cap of fabric softener. If you only have the fabric softener dryer sheets, fill a water glass with warm water and let the sheet soak in the glass for a couples of minutes. Then remove the sheet, ring it out and throw it away. Then simply dump the liquid in the dishwasher and turn it on. No more suds!

How often should I change your refrigerator water filter?
All refrigerator manufacturers recommend that the filter in their refrigerators be changed at least every six months. More often if the water has an odor or an unpleasant taste. Did you know that the human body is over 70% water? Federal, state and local authorities strive to insure that we get the best water possible but changing your filter at least every six months will help protect your family.

What causes washing machine odors

Liquid detergents makers often use clay as a filler and to hold the detergents in suspension. This clay-like substance causes a build up inside the washer’s plumbing and behind the spin basket. Like a dirt magnet the gooey buildup collects soil from your clothes and that creates the odor. The solution is to switch to a granular / powder detergent. The granules will slowly scrub the inside of your washer as it washed your clothes. Use Affresh to get the cleaning process started, click here