On Aug 8, 12:34*am, Red Green wrote:
Nate Nagel wrote :





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.

that's what the booklet says, although it didn't specify wattage.


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.

ISTR testing it on and off and with the fridge completely off (doors
closed, compressor and fan both shut off) current draw was almost nil
with the energy saver on (as it should be, all it's running at that
point is the electronics for the controls and display) and about 1A
with the energy saver off. So that's more like 120W but I don't
believe that it has a 100% duty cycle.

Maybe if I check it again in the winter I'll find that it is actually
even more efficient than the label says? who knows.

nate