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Yikes. I wish I was conscientious enough to do something like that. But I'm not. A carpet-covered fridge just wouldn't work for me.

Dear God.

hahahahahaha

I agree with bigwavejen. As much as I hate wasting money and energy on my renter's fridge, I couldn't bare covering it in carpet . It's appearance and the cooking smells/oils it would absorb would bother me too much. However, if someone else did it, I wouldn't blame them.

A joke right? Refrigerators are already insulated!

Gross. That thing would get so disgusting in the kitchen, with grease and dust. And by disgusting, I mean, even more disgusting than carpet on a fridge would look in the first place.

I guess I could steal the Flor samples from the interiors department at work, but the visual irritation a carpet covered fridge would cause wouldn't be worth it.

Prove to me it actually works before asking me to do something so ridiculous!

This SO smacks of urban myth!

Clean the condensor coils, run at an efficient temperature, don't open the door more or longer than necessary, get an Energy Star fridge in the first place... stuff like that makes a difference. Carpeting? I sincerely doubt it!

i want to reduce energy costs but um... not like this.

I think this post must be an art piece... and I'm not talking about the fridge. Which has been photoshopped, right?

Carpet just sounds gross... I drop things WAY too often to trust a carpet covered fridge to stay clean! This sounds like a gimmick to me. If they were looking to be environmentally friendly, there are other materials out there that could have been recommended before carpet.

What about putting your fridge inside a cabinet, as in a built-in fridge. Wouldn't that have an insulating effect? Maybe if the cabinet were lined with insulation (fiberglass, not carpet), the energy savings would be even better???

Do the Hren's suggest how often they vacuum the fridge?

If you read the comments on the original post, you learn that this is a bad idea. (Quelle surprise, right?)

"Many new refrigerators have the evaporator coils in the sides. If these are insulated it will decrease the efficiency of the fridge.

The two simplest things you can do to reduce the power consumption of your fridge are 1/ keep it full, and 2/ make sure there is adequate ventilation around the fridge to allow the radiated heat to escape."

I know--have your Mom knit a REFRIGERATOR COSY for it!

This is wrong on so many levels.

I agree with those who say THIS WOULDN'T WORK to lower your fridge's energy consumption. Ahem. I have Feelings about this.

It does, however, achieve the goal of making people look like complete and total fools. "OK, I have a great one." *drunken giggle* "What say we tell people to put all of their packing styrofoam on their fridge, to help insulate it. It insulates and reduces the waste stream. Nah, nobody would believe that ... but wait a minute... Fire up Photoshop"

Try a little test. In deep summer, put your hand on your fridge (not near the coils or seals). Is it colder than, say, the microwave (if it is made out of the same material.)?

This is about the stupidest thing I've ever heard of: Refrigerators are already insulated to the gills - any cold air that escapes is primarily from worn or dirty door-seals.

(or people standing there with the door open wondering what to eat)

To add to the other commenters... um. No.

(Come on now, own up -- you wanted to see who would fall for this "tip", right? You're fishing for submissions of fridges covered in carpet?)

You know what would be awesome? Covering your fridge with astroturf. You could even attach velcro to little football or baseball action figures and stick them on there, instead of magnets.

I refuse your dare!

When I saw this post I immediately covered my engery-star beautiful stainless steal fridge with shag carpeting! Its way more efficient and so very creative looking. My friends all think I am a design guru of carpet coverings.


NO!

worst. thread. ever.

One of my friends mom's will make the cozy; she already is an expert at scissor cozy's (they keep them sharper) and Mug Rugs.....

I'm glad somebody else pointed out the adequate air circulation for proper cooling too. Same with TV's and A/V equipment and computers.

between this and the $28mil pile o poop chair are some of the best comments on at ever lol!

"Look! A Snuggie for the Fridge!"