On Apr 22, 12:01*am, Richard J Kinch wrote:
I can tell you one thing you're dead wrong on. * You claimed that a
refrigerator that is making ice runs nearly constantly.

Here's an Energy Star example:

http://products.geappliances.com/App...r?REQUEST=SPEC...

They claim 606 kWh per year (8760 hours). *So that's 606/8760 =
69 watts average consumption. *Nowhere does GE seem to specify what
the running power is, but based on my experience I would expect it
to be 300 or 500 watts. *So the duty cycle is claimed to be 69/300
or about 23 percent, actually less because we haven't counted the
high-wattage defrost periods. *We have to also guess at 1000 BTU/hr
for the refrigeration unit based on its wattage. *So this appliance
is pumping maybe 6000 BTUs per day. *Now you tell me how much ice
you can make in one of these things running flat out, and we'll see
how much the duty cycle has to increase to compensate at about 300
BTUs per pound of ice. *Just to make a pound of ice per hour will
more than double that duty cycle.

Wrong its near 80- 90 , ninety watts, mr Kincho, the problem is you
have ZERO present experiance , but you think you do, which is BS, you
never tested anything new, you test only posibly defective junk your
unit, you have no independant view, you have only a biased view. your
opinion is truely worthless. and based HOW, on what equipment , and
what new units did you test, YOU TESTED NO NEW UNITS, YOU ONLY TESTED
YOUR OLD JUNK. Your opinion is therefore BULL ****