Have you checked today? Are you still experiencing this issue or did the recent fix in experimental build fix?
Happened to me last night after the bug fix . New game (single player experimental ) started Monday, two fridges in the base power on. One minute all ok the next all spoiled as I watched. Going for the pick it when you need it approach till it gets fixed.
Not at home at the moment so I cannot say for sure. I played last night about 7 o'clock just after a small update I presume this was the latest one. I will post again once I get home and have the information that you need.
@Gaz the fix is now on the public branch https://empyriononline.com/threads/alpha-9-4-hotfix-releases.47696/