- Cleaning the dust from your refrigerator’s compressor coil once or twice a year will help it last twice, if not three times as long.
- Use a special coil brush, around $5 from the hardware store
- Lacking this, use a broom or compressed air.
- First remove the grill, then clean the coil.
- Then, clean the grime and dust on the fan blades, then replace the coil.
- Replace your gasket: if a dollar bill slides freely between the rubber gasket strip and the door, it needs replaced.
- Don’t use an ice pick or other sharp object to chip away ice on older refrigerators. You might puncture the anti-freeze coil.
