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Posted by on July 18, 2007, 4:37 pm
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:08:38 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein
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>>Would you please point us to specs for some of these models? Last time
>>I looked, I couldn't find a more efficient fridge than my 11 year old
>>model. (22 cu.ft., 1.2 kWh per day) Here are a couple of lists
>>http://www.aceee.org/consumerguide/topfridge.htm#compactsmall
>>http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/eande/appliances/fridge.htm
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>I might have been slightly unclear... I'm not aware
>of any gov't specs that directly talk about the
>defrost cycle, just ones that give total energy usage.
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>I read about some of these units (that have smart, "as
>needed", defrost) a couple of months ago but couldn't
>give you any brnads from memory.
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>Doing a Google lookup right now using
>the terms "refrigerator" and "smart defrost"
>got a bunch of units, including a hefty
>number from Electrolux. Typical info sheet:
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>http://products.celco.ca/celco_resources/products/1-DOOR-23FT-FRIDGE-2006.pdf
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>Note that Electrolux is the OEM for a big bunch
>of other brands, so this stuff is starting
>to hit the market.
No energy consumption specs that I could find easily. Sent off an
email, and got the following response (I kid you not):
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" Hi Wayne,
Worst case scenario, if door is left open all year long and compressor
is running all year long then, it would be 0.44 kWh x 24hrs/day x 365
days = 3854.4 kW Thanks!" <jon bond, jonatgalasource.com>
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Between the brain-dead ghio-ish number, the fact that all their
readily available literature doesn't state the consumption, and the
sky-high price, it's hard to figure out what might be "smart" about
the model. :-)
Found this one with "smart" in the description
http://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/E522B.html, but it can't be
what you're talking about either because it uses 40% *more* energy per
cu.ft. than our 11 year old model.
Oh well, here's hoping there really have been some breakthroughs, that
somebody will post a link, and that Jon doesn't decide to hang out his
"power consultant" shingle. :-)
Wayne
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