On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:05:15 +0000, Andy Dingley
wrote:

|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.

Well for me that would depend on the probable pay back time, in reduction
of annual electricity bills between new and old fridge freezer compared
with the capital cost of a new one. I just ditched one which was 40 years
old and still worked OK.
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