On Wed, 02 Jan 2019 11:22:06 -0000, Jack Frost wrote:

On 12/31/18 4:07 PM, William Gothberg wrote:
I thought modern freezers were meant to have better insulation, so why is mine always running? It doesn't seem to have a lower duty cycle than the old ones of 30 years ago. Sure, the power consumption (according to the label) is less, but shouldn't they
have better insulation nowadays? Or was all that banned by the greenies for that ozone nonsense?


Look for Energy Star Certification, the best chest freezers are Energy Star certified.
On average, an Energy Star chest freezer costs only $53 dollars per year, which is $50 dollars less than most older models.

I'm in the UK, where they ALL have energy ratings by law. But most of them are rubbish ratings. They made a law insisting they publish how **** they are, but the law doesn't force them to make better ones. Doh!