College students and studio renters can safely use compact refrigerators on carpet if they follow a few basic rules and periodically perform a maintenance and safety check.
Can minifridge sit on carpet.
Placing a mini fridge directly on the carpet will wreak havoc in the long run which is why it s important to have a buffer between the bottom of the mini fridge and your carpet.
For as much as your refrigerator might have cost your carpeting almost certainly cost even more.
The answer is that you can but they are not built to be placed on a carpet.
So can you put a mini fridge on carpet.
However there could be a situation when you have no option besides putting it on a rug.
Your mini fridge has been sitting on the carpet for a while now and all is fine thanks to the tips above which you followed to the letter.
This buffer can be a sheet of plywood or a sturdy rubber mat encouraging ventilation to the underparts of the fridge and protecting the carpet from potential harm.
For those living in tight quarters using a compact fridge is a must and sometimes the only place to plug it in is on a carpeted floor.