Helpful Hints from joeeze: Freezer lighting hack

When I bought my refrigerator it wasn't until they'd delivered it and left that I realized there was no light in the freezer compartment.

Not enough of a pain to go through exchanging refrigerators but for the past 15 or so years a minor annoyance, requiring me to turn on a kitchen light to see what's in there.

Until two days ago when the penny dropped.

Remember those auto-on lights (top) I raved about in a July post?

They're advertised as being suitable for dark stairways, closets, cupboards and bathrooms, and I've placed about a dozen in various places around my house.

But suddenly out of nowhere I had a thought: hey, who says I can't put one of those in the freezer compartment, such that the motion of opening the door turns on the light?

So I did just that and darned if it doesn't work beautifully.

Better 15 years late than never.

The light costs $14 (batteries included).