https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:36:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fridge-panic-help#post-2885960 Wed, 29 May 2019 11:47:11 +0000 psw27 2885960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That sounds like a lemon. I'd call and ask it to be switched out ASAP. I don't think adding cool or ambient temperature food to a fridge should cause it to rise 23 degrees immediately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fridge-panic-help#post-2885946 Wed, 29 May 2019 10:07:01 +0000 graceandjoy 2885946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally worth calling even with the chance it may fix itself. I hope you get some answers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fridge-panic-help#post-2885930 Wed, 29 May 2019 09:20:32 +0000 ALV91711 2885930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is definitely give the store a call and see about exchanging it. Better to deal with it right away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fridge-panic-help#post-2885926 Wed, 29 May 2019 09:11:16 +0000 peachykeen 2885926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you have it on the coolest setting that is definitely too long to "regulate". I'd call for a replacement and stress that you have food that will spoil. We dealt with this in our last home - such a pain!</p> <p>ETA: From your DH's explanation, this would happen every time you go grocery shopping, no? Not okay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fridge-panic-help#post-2885920 Wed, 29 May 2019 09:03:11 +0000 babypugs 2885920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BUNBUN: @Mrs. Carrot: Yeah I agree, if it's possible to trade it out I'd definitely go that route. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fridge-panic-help#post-2885912 Wed, 29 May 2019 08:41:56 +0000 BUNBUN 2885912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Carrot: You might be right, but it's worth asking</p> <p>I've been dealing with a "lemon" refrigerator for 6 years know and I wish we had just returned it when it had the first problem, 6 years ago. We have to have it repaired at least once a year... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fridge-panic-help#post-2885904 Wed, 29 May 2019 08:09:00 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2885904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BUNBUN: that's what I'm tempted to do but I feel like they're going to tell me that it takes a day or so to regulate the temperature and we've had it for less than 24 hours? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fridge-panic-help#post-2885903 Wed, 29 May 2019 07:51:01 +0000 BUNBUN 2885903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Call the store now. It's much easier to return it for a working model than to deal with the warranty repairs. Trust me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fridge-panic-help#post-2885902 Wed, 29 May 2019 07:48:51 +0000 babypugs 2885902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had this issue with our old fridge (still only five years old) and had to pay a bunch of money to get something--can't remember what, maybe the compressor?--fixed. It started going bad again and we had to get a new fridge. From what the repair guy told me, it's normal for the temp to rise a couple degrees if the doors are open a long time or if you add a lot of food, but it should go down fairly quickly and that the true test is if the ice cream is squishy. I had major anxiety any time someone opened the fridge door, ha.</p> <p>I am definitely no fridge expert but that seems not quite right. Maybe give it a couple days and if it's still doing it look into getting someone out under your warranty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fridge-panic-help#post-2885901 Wed, 29 May 2019 07:27:19 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2885901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hoping someone can ease my anxiety a bit. We just got a new refrigerator. It's the first time I've ever bought a new fridge and it seems to be cooling down a lot slower than my old one (which was 20+ years old) and warms up really fast when the door is open even for a second. We have a thermometer in there, and it cooled down to 37 degrees when we plugged it in after delivery, but then once we put groceries in, it jumped to 60 and stayed that way for a couple hours until we turned out the highest cooling setting, which cooled it down about 2 degrees per hour. I packed all the perishables into a cooler with ice packs overnight, concerned for spoilage, and this morning the fridge was 40 degrees. Just opening the door for less than a minute and putting the groceries back in made the temp rise to 42 and it just sat at that temp for the next hour, whereas my old fridge would have dropped back down pretty quick (and the new one is still on the highest cool setting). Is this kind of warming/slow cooling normal for new fridges? I'm really neurotic about food safety so these rises concern me from that perspective. My husband is assuring me that temperature needs to regulate when you put a bunch of warm stuff in a cold fridge, so I don't anticipate it going to 60 again, but it just feels like it warms up too fast and cools down too slowly. Would love some insights. Thanks! </p>