Nick's Turn Off Fridges - Unplug Refrigerators, Save Generator Power and Manage Freezers in Project Zomboid

Nick's Turn Off Fridges is a practical quality-of-life mod for Project Zomboid Build 42 that allows survivors to unplug refrigerators and freezers without moving or dismantling them. Instead of keeping every appliance powered whenever a generator is running, players can decide which refrigerators should consume electricity and which can remain switched off.

The modification introduces manual power controls and an automatic unplugging option for individual appliances, making electricity management more flexible after the municipal power grid shuts down.

Turn Refrigerators and Freezers On or Off

The main feature of the mod is the ability to disconnect individual refrigerators and freezers from their power supply.

Available interactions include:

• Unplug Fridge: Disconnect a refrigerator from electricity.
• Unplug Freezer: Disconnect a freezer from electricity.
• Plug In Fridge: Reconnect an appliance and restore its normal operation.
• Auto-Unplug Fridge: Enable automatic unplugging for a selected appliance.

These actions are available through the appliance's right-click context menu.

When selecting an action, your character walks to the appliance and performs the interaction.

How to Unplug a Refrigerator

Using the mod is straightforward:

1. Approach a refrigerator or freezer.
2. Right-click the appliance.
3. Select Unplug Fridge or Unplug Freezer.
4. Your survivor will walk over and disconnect it.

Once unplugged, the appliance stops consuming electricity and no longer provides refrigeration.

To restore its operation, right-click it again and select Plug In Fridge.

When electricity is available, cooling resumes and the generator accounts for the appliance's power consumption again.

Automatic Refrigerator Management

Nick's Turn Off Fridges also includes an optional automatic unplugging feature.

Instead of manually disconnecting a refrigerator every time, players can enable Auto-Unplug Fridge for that specific appliance.

Important features:

• Automatic unplugging is configured separately for each refrigerator or freezer.
• It is not a global setting affecting every appliance.
• Players can keep selected refrigerators running while allowing others to unplug automatically.
• Manually plugging in or unplugging an appliance disables its automatic mode.

This provides greater control over the electrical equipment in your base.

For example, you can leave your main food refrigerator operating normally while enabling automatic management for other kitchen appliances.

Electricity Management After the Power Grid Shutdown

In Project Zomboid, managing generator electricity becomes important once the municipal power supply is no longer available.

Nick's Turn Off Fridges gives players direct control over which refrigeration appliances remain connected.

The main benefit is avoiding unnecessary electricity consumption from appliances you do not currently need.

According to the mod's description, unplugging refrigerators provides no particular benefit before the municipal power grid shuts down.

The feature becomes more useful when your base relies on generator power.

Remember that disconnected refrigerators no longer cool their contents, so perishable food can begin warming and spoiling.

Compatibility and Multiplayer

Nick's Turn Off Fridges supports Project Zomboid Build 42 and works in several game modes.

Compatibility features:

• Singleplayer: Supported.
• Co-op multiplayer: Supported.
• Dedicated servers: Supported.
• Existing saves: Safe to install during an ongoing playthrough.
• Modded refrigerators and freezers: Automatically supported when they use the standard container types from the base game.
• Translations: Includes English, Russian, and numerous other languages.

No additional dependencies are specified in the original description.

Important Information Before Removing the Mod

Always reconnect unplugged appliances before uninstalling Nick's Turn Off Fridges.

The modification stores the unplugged state directly on each refrigerator or freezer.

If you remove the mod while an appliance is disconnected, your save will still load, but the affected appliance will remain inactive.

It will not consume electricity or provide cooling until the mod is installed again and the appliance is reconnected.

Recommended removal procedure:

1. Load your save with the mod enabled.
2. Find all refrigerators and freezers that were disconnected.
3. Use Plug In Fridge to reconnect them.
4. Confirm that the appliances operate normally.
5. Save the game and only then disable the mod.

This prevents refrigerators from becoming permanently inactive after the modification is removed.