heating question



my house has forced warm air heat. the kitchen has 2 heat vents, one
next to my stove & one behind the refrigerator, which is next to the
door to outside. the vent behind the refrigerator is closed, mostly
because that's the way it was when i bought the house & i've never
bothered to open it.
currently it's below zero out & the kitchen is rather chilly (the
entry area to outside (4'x4' approx. enough room to hang coats &
leave boots) doesn't have insulation in the floor or ceiling, so even
though the walls are insulated it's pretty cold in there, which makes
the kitchen chilly as well.
is there any good reason that the vent behind the frige should be
closed? would the warm air make the compressor work harder?
just wondering.
lee
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