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I have just today taken delivery of this rather large fridge freezer! The delivery guys told me not to switch it on for 2 hrs to “let it settle” so I switched it on around 2pm today – its now been on for around 4.5 hours and its just not that cold!
The coldest setting for the fridge is -2 which it is on now – but the bottles of beer etc are just not that cold (certainly not “ice cold” as was the case with our decrepit old electrolux)
Will it get colder – am I doing something wrong – or is there a better model I should be swapping it for to get my beer ice cold again?? Cant live with warm beer for long.
Thanks !
Re: Hotpoint FFA90S Fridge Freezer
Give it time !
If you refer to the user manual that came with it, you will find it will take several hours to reach the correct temperatue. If you keep opening the door to check it you’ll lengthen this time as well.
Hope this helps.
Dave.
Re: Hotpoint FFA90S Fridge Freezer
Thanks for the reply Dave – I made a mistake, having read the book the settings are between 2 and 6 (not -2). Its still not getting any colder. Can anyone tell me if you can get fridges which go any colder than these settings or would this be the “norm” these days.
Looks like I might have to go get the Electrolux back off the council tip 🙄
Re: Hotpoint FFA90S Fridge Freezer
2 degrees is quite cold enough for your cold beer, I’m drinking one right now from my fridge set at 2 degrees and it’s fine. Any colder and it would have ice in it !
As I said, give the thing time, it takes anything up to 12 hours, sometimes even longer for a new fridge to settle down and reach it’s correct running temperature.
Dave.
Re: Hotpoint FFA90S Fridge Freezer
Thank you! Will let it do its thing overnight – good job hubby is away at present or he would be down there scrabbling on said tip right now.
Nowt worse than warm beer 😆
Great forum, thanks for the advice.
Re: Hotpoint FFA90S Fridge Freezer
guest wrote:Great forum, thanks for the advice.
No problem.
I trust you’ll be back here tommorow night with a freezing cold beer singing your new fridges praises then 😆
Dave.
Re: Hotpoint FFA90S Fridge Freezer
Try London Pride Abbots Ale, Theakstons Peculiar or Old Speckled Hen. All of these are better for not being too cold. 14 Deg C is the optimum temperatures for these ales.
Joking aside, you need any goods to be in the fridge for a good 6 hours before you can expect any liquid temperature changes relating to the mass.
Give it time
Re: Hotpoint FFA90S Fridge Freezer
Hello from the cold zone
You were of course correct. Super ice cold beer has now been restored to our household and the Hotpoint sits gurgling happily away dominating our kitchen. In fact it anything its a bit TOO cold – just knocked it up to 3 degrees.
Many thanks for the great advice – panicked a bit too quick yesterday.
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