On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:02:49 GMT, marble
wrote:

They are inefficient, especialy Zanusi's. Even new fridges of the same
size can have energy use stats that vary by ~100%. A crapy old Zanusi
will be much worse.

That's a reasonable argument, but then you should replace the fridge
even if it were still working. It's not an argument against throwing
out a fridge _because_ the thermostat has failed.

I have an energy meter on my fridge. It's switched on continuously, so
it is one of my more expensive appliances. If it ever lost insulation
and started to be inefficient, I'd certainly look at swapping it.