Facepalm Moment - Lemmy.World

He thought the light stayed on? They’re led anyway so no heat. Double the regards.
Even with an old school filament light bulb, this probably wouldn’t have been enough to “warm” anything inside the refrigerator even if the light didn’t turn off.

Even with an old school filament light bulb

The heat from those bulbs was used to keep the content over 0 degrees Celsius when the fridge got colder than the set temperature (e.g. very cold room in winter) to prevent the goods in the fridge from freezing.

That’s what I know about this topic. Valid for Germany, don’t know how this is handled in other parts of the world.

No. There is a thermostat for this purpose. You xan open a fridge 0 or 50 times per day and it will keep the set temperature. And the evaporator (cooling) tubes are in the back, which is where water condenses and does get cold enough to freeze sometimes. Anyway, the droplets fall into a drain and a narrow tube carries them out, usually onto a little tray on top of the compressor, whose heat helps the water evaporate. Replacing the bulb with an LED has no effect besides decreasing energy usage.

Wait what’s this about a free selection? Why would you have to be quick and sneaky if it’s free?

Sort of sounds like… shoplifting with extra steps