Refrigerator power consumption

   A while back there was a thread about refrigerator
energy usage.  Well, my Kill-a-Watt was on the
dehumidifier at the time, so it took a while to get
around to doing ours.  This is a side-by-side with
ice and water through the door, thermostat settings
to give -13F in the freezer and 36F in the fridge.
(Fluke 52 reading about midpoint in each compartment)

Model:      GE GSL25IFRF BS
KW duration:    311 hours
Energy use:    23.46 kWh
Avg. power:    75.4 watts
Running power:    122 watts or 127 va @ 120.5 VAC

  Dataplate rating:  110-127 VAC 11.2 amps

  The big question:  WHY does the data plate inside
the refrigerator give a rating of 11.2 amps when the
thing draws just over ONE amp when running?  

 

probably needs that when starting from warm.  thats what always kills you
.. getting the damn thing cold to begin with.

Defrost it and then measure and i'll bet you'll see a huge drain

Once its cold it just has to maintain that -- thats where the efficiency
of the insulation etc comes into play.

 

Does your Kill-a-Watt have a max Watt function?
The 11.2 amps will be the starting surge of the compressor (with any lights
and fans and maybe any heating elements on as well) basically the highest
amperage you could see in the worse case. Like starting the compressor again
after it has only just turned off, bigger A/C units have timers to stop the
compressor turning on within a few minutes of turning off, fridges may have
this I don't know. So the dataplate just lets you know that you shouldn't
have 2 of these fridges on the same 15 amp circuit because if they both
started at the same time they may pop the breaker. Of course they might run
for years before this would happen.
Stuart

 


    Also, don't forget the defrost heaters.  Mine takes nearly 1 KW when it is
in the defrost cycle.

Vaughn

 On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:18:55 -0400, Steve Ackman
wrote:


1.81 kWh per day.  Not bad for a side-by-side.  What year model is this?


That's probably the draw when the defrost heater is on.  1344 watts seems about
right
for a defrost heater.  See if you can catch it on the defrost cycle sometime and
see.

John

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