People are only just realising what fridge dial numbers mean Fridge users have been left baffled upon realising what the mysterious dial numbers inside their appliance actually mean and it turns out they've got little to do with temperature.
Tucked away inside, typically near the top right by the door hinge of any integrated or freestanding fridge, is a small white dial for regulating the temperature, or so we thought.
A Reddit user cleared up the confusion: "Higher is colder... the numbers on the fridge's temperature dial indicate refrigerant power.
Some have noted that, just to be contrary, there are a few rogue fridge models that actually use degrees C. However, there's a nifty trick to figure out how your fridge operates.
This revelation dispels the common misunderstanding where some might assume '1' equates to 1C and thus a cooler setting; a misconception potentially spoiling food quicker, or causing unwanted frost accumulation within the unit when set too cold.
