On Apr 10, 8:49*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I'd be tempted to use an ammeter, to see what the running current is. That
could give you some "hard data" to go on. I do know that old compressors use
more power, as they grow older.

Anecdotal evidence. I got a newer fridge, the old one was here when I moved
in, late 1994. My electric bill dropped about ten bucks a month.

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"Art Todesco" wrote in message

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I have an approximately 38 year old upright freezer. *It is working
perfectly. *I know door gasket is not as good at it could be, however,
it seems to close pretty tight. *It can be real hard to open a 2nd time
after looking for something. *But I know there are a lot of square feet
which are acted upon by a very small vacuum. *Also, if the unit is not
running, like after a defrost, the magnets in the door gasket are pretty
weak. *Anyway, to the question. *In your opinions, would it be
advantageous to replace it for a new more efficient unit? *How long do
you think it would take it to pay off? *BTW, this freezer has survived
being powered off for 4 months and moved 700 miles, approximately 3
years ago. *It is a little noisy, but it's been that way for 38 year,
except now it is in a place were I can hear it more.

As I reported previously, I replaced a 27 year old
fridge a year ago. Prior to doing that, I used a killawatt
meter for a few days on it. It was using $180 a year
in electricity. I measured the new one after it stabilized.
It uses $95. The EPA calculator that estimates savings
had predicted the old one was using more like $275.
So, my conclusions we

You can save a decent amount on energy that will
help pay for a new fridge/freezer, but the payback
period can still be long.

The EPA calculator in my case significantly overestimated
the amount my old fridge was using, but it was spot on
about how much the new one used.

You may want to buy a killawatt meter which can be had
for $25. It's usefull anytime you want to know how much
electricity something is using. You can even put in your
cost of electricity per kwh and it will then display the
usage of whatever you plug into it in terms of $$$ per
day, week, month, year, etc.