Just because your windows are down and locked does not mean they are properly closed. There is a flange on the upper fixed window that is designed to interlock with a similar flange on the lower movable window.
If you close the window by pulling down on the top of the lower window, you are probably pulling it away from the upper window so that the flanges do not interlock. To check for this, raise the lower window by pushing up on the top rail. If after the window is raised about one half inch it moves toward the upper window, the two flanges were not properly interlocked.
To get the windows properly interlocked, push the upper rail out toward the upper window as you lower it. If you lower the window by pushing down on the bottom rail of the window, it will usually close properly, but not always. When the windows are properly interlocked, the gap between them is small and tight. You can’t pull the lower window in away from the upper window thus increasing the gap between them.
Question: All my life, I’ve put hot foods/drinks in my fridge/freezer as hot foods turn cooler quicker. But of late, my mum-in-law reprimanded me about it and said my doing that ruined her fridge.
Does that really affect the workings of a fridge?
Answer: If you are talking about items directly out of the oven, you might melt a plastic shelf, but I don’t think that is what you are doing. Take pudding that you cook and pour into custard cups for example. If you can pick up the cups without burning your hand, you can put them into the refrigerator without doing any damage to the refrigerator.
The refrigerator works by blowing cold air over the food. This air then passes over the evaporator where it passes the heat to the Freon inside the tubing and causes it to boil and become a vapor. The Freon then travels through the compressor to the condenser where it changes back into a liquid and gives up the heat to the space under the refrigerator where it is blown into the room. None of this will be adversely affected by placing hot food or drink in the refrigerator.
Food that may spoil if left out should be properly wrapped and placed in the refrigerator as soon as possible. This is especially true if you might forget to move it from the counter to the refrigerator. Don’t you hate it when you come into the kitchen in the morning and see last night’s leftovers on the counter at room temperature?
There are some exceptions. If you buy a dozen bagels and they are still hot, don’t put them in the refrigerator in a bag or the moisture will come out of them and condense in the bag keeping the bagels wet. It is best to let them cool to room temperature before putting them into the refrigerator.
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