Kill-a-watt readings for a refrigerator - update

 With just a few hours past three complete days (75:10 hours/minutes), the
Kill-a-watt shows the usage is 6.02 kwH or just over to kWH per day.  I'm
running this check for a week before moving to annother item to measure.

At this rate our estimated annual usage is 702 kwH for the refrigerator or
about 7% of our electric usage.

Mark

  My 14 cu ft freezer runs 550 kWh per annum after a month and a half
recording.

The lid is completely full of ice as the idiot manufacturers left the
insulation batting open to the air. I have defrosted it once before.
It takes about a week outside to defrost the insulation and dry it so
I am not looking forward to doing it again. The freezer is about 20
years old but the newer units consume about the same amount so
replacement would never pay for itself. Canada has used the Energy
Guide tags for about 30 years and the consumptions have not changed
much.

I think you would do well (in the USA) to replace your fridge at a
convenient point in your finances. From the units I have seen locally
lately, 702 kWh would get you a 30 cu ft frost free unit, bigger than
most homes can use. I am looking for a unit about 7-10 cu ft for my
retreat but the consumption is almost the same as the large units.

 On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:48:00 -0500, "Solar Flare"


No, Gymmy Bob. Modern freezers that size use about 350kWh per year.
http://aceee.org/consumerguide/refrigeration.htm


No, the average is probably about half.


Baloney. A 10 cu.ft. model would use half as much energy as your
current POS, as the ratings at the above link clearly show.

You seem to be a slow learner
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.energy.homepower/msg/0c45c541c9e2d399
So why are you giving others BS advice....again?

Wayne

 The schematic is usually posted on the back. I am not sure if that is
a law to do so but seems to be common on every appliance I have looked
at.

I have been told you can expect the new fridges and freezers to last
less than 8-10 years, also. The efficiency difference will never pay
the cost of replacing the old unit.

We, in Canada, have been bombarded with stats to replace our old
appliances with new and how much more efficient they are. The figures
tooted here are exagerated claims and are based on USA efficiencies, I
believe, as they are much newer in the "Energy Star" programmes. $20
per year in energy savings won't even pay the delivery charges or the
scrapping fee let alone compensate the garbage dump for the injustice
these goons do to the environment. The old units usually contains CFCs
in the foam that will be released as the unit deteriorates not to
mention the freon gas that will be released.

Of course I could live out in the desert with no neighbours to see and
where nobody will know I am being complete environmental shithead.

 

Id'  like to see a comparision on those insulation kits. Are they worth it?

Cheers