Nate Nagel wrote in
:

just an update... bought a shiny new GE fridge a couple months back.
have had it plugged into a kill-a-watt just to see if it really lived
up to the energy-saving hype. It's been running for about 400 hours
since the last power outage, and average rate of energy consumption
works out to about 636 kWh/year. energyguide says 458, but I've had
the "energy saver" turned off because I was getting condensation on
the door seals (it's pretty darn humid here, even with the AC and a
dehumidifier in the basement.)

Old smaller fridge was over 1000 kWh/year according to the KAW so good
deal. Now at that rate for the fridge to pay for itself it'll take...
lessee...

hmm, this is kinda like cars, isn't it?

But it's quiet, keeps my beer cold, and makes the girlie happy, none
of which the old fridge was doing towards the end...

nate


Don't know if it's still true or true with yours but a repairman one
told me the energy saver is just a low wattage heater that runs around
the door seal or the like. IIRC he said it was like 7-10 watts.

Making a BIG (and most likely incorrect) assumption that your difference
is totally due to the energy saver being off you have a (636-458) =
178kW difference. 178k/365/24 comes out to about a 20w door heater.
Seems like a lot. That's why I say most likely incorrect.

What the point? I dunno. Still got a much better frig especially if your
in an area where electric rates are high.