Fridge Question

Rain
Rain Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 8,761
I bought a mini fridge a few months ago. I ran it til about a month and a half ago, then uplugged it. I'd like to use it now. I opened it and checked it out, I don't see any mold or anything, and it does not smell bad. Should I be ok if I just wipe it down and use it?

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  • phobicsquirrel
    phobicsquirrel Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 7,349
    should be fine, I mean why wouldn't it? Just out of curiosity, your not putting your cigars in there?
  • Rain
    Rain Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 8,761
    Uh, no. Cold beverages and dead hookers mostly.
  • jthanatos
    jthanatos Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,563
    Rain:
    mini fridge
    Rain:
    Uh, no. Cold beverages and dead hookers mostly.
    Midget hookers? Glad to see you support small business....
  • Rain
    Rain Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 8,761
    They have to make a living somehow..
  • Amos Umwhat
    Amos Umwhat Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,523
    Rain:
    Uh, no. Cold beverages and dead hookers mostly.
    Oh, OK, you should be good, ...then...
  • phobicsquirrel
    phobicsquirrel Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 7,349
    Rain:
    They have to make a living somehow..
    lol
  • ddubridge
    ddubridge Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,949
    I unplug the garage mini every winter. I dont alway clean it out when I fire it back up. just make sure you get the moisture out when shutin her down.
  • kuzi16
    kuzi16 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 14,471
    being that my job is to teach health code and food safety, i would recommend that you just get a bit of sanitizer and just wipe it down. it should take less than 5 minutes.
    plastic is porous and my be able to hold bacteria for years if between the temps of 41 and 135.
    i do this on my actual full size fridge every month just for good measure.
    no need to be that intense about it but it makes me feel better

    never hurts to err on the side of caution when it comes to food safety.
  • raisindot
    raisindot Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 936
    Think about it this way...what do all those rented dorm fridges do in the summer? Probably sit in a hot warehouse unplugged. Then they're rented again in the fall. Haven't heard too many stories about people being poisoned by dorm fridges. On a side note: Best book about a mini-fridge ever written: Tony Hawks' (the writer, not the skateboarder) classic 'Round Ireland with a Fridge.'