My fridge used 2.2 kWH @24 hours - how does that compare?

[EatenByLimestone]

My electricity is much more expensive than yours. My old fridge used 90 kWh/mo. The new one is around 30. It works out to about $140 in savings each year for me.

Somewhat more important is how nice the new fridge is. It's layed out better and the led lights really make it bright inside. It makes our life more enjoyable. It does run longer though. The wife complained a bit about that at first.

 

[BrotherBart]

I just did my final reading. 53 hours and 26 minutes, 1.41 KWH.

 

[john193]

I'm tempted to stick mine on the killawatt, just too lazy to drag the fridge out to get to the plug.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Not knowingwoulddrive me crazy!

 

[Hoozie]

Mine is rated for 3.5kwh/day, and IIRC, the killawatt agreed

 

[Where2]

Not knowingwoulddrive me crazy!

1.97kWh per day according to the energy star label. I don't think their computation included incidents like Thursday where the refrigerator door didn't get shut properly at 8AM, and I returned home at 8PM and noticed it was 64°F inside the fridge. *ouch*

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I cleaned mine last night and an alarm went off for a good 20 minutes while I was washing it out. The compressor was turned off, but it still beeped.

It's far from high end too. It's a Frigdaire.

 

[Where2]

I cleaned mine last night and an alarm went off for a good 20 minutes while I was washing it out. The compressor was turned off, but it still beeped.

My Maytag was made in 2001 before they added all the electronic wizardry to the doors with inside temp gauges and alarms. I've got an outdoor wireless thermometer sensor that sits on a shelf inside, and reads temps to a display unit magnetically mounted on the door.

I've been meaning to write a bit of code for an Arduino/R_Pi to read the fridge temps and alert me when T°>45°F. I also need to replace the force close mechanics on the bottom of the door.

 

[Brian26]

My 1982 GE Fridge uses about 2.5-3 kwh/day per my Killowatt. I bought my current house that came with my fridge from my uncle and he said hes never had any issues with it. Everything is original on it. 33 years and still running strong.

I have had terrible luck with some of these new appliances. Nothing but issues with a 2 year old dishwasher and washing machine. They sure don't make stuff like they used to.

 

[drz1050]

I have a fridge in my garage from the 50s.. I wanna say 56? It's an old GE. That thing is built like a tank. Don't know how much juice it pulls, but I like it, so it's staying. Has a cool little butter compartment on the door where you can set the temp higher than the rest of the fridge, and a foot pedal that opens the door if you have your hands full. Wish they still made them this way.

 

[BrotherBart]

Wish they still made them this way.

I don't.

 

[BrotherBart]

They sure don't make stuff like they used to.

Reminds me of what Dad used to say. He swore that when he was born in 1914 the first words he heard were farmers just can't make a living anymore, they just don't make things like they used to and these kids today will never amount to anything.

 

[drz1050]

I don't.

Why's that? If for power use, I'm sure you could make one efficient with a modern compressor...

They just look so much cooler too, in my humble opinion... everything was thick metal then, not the aluminum foil and cheap plastic doors are made out of now.

 

[BrotherBart]

I had several of them in 67 years. The one I bought last year is kicking all of their asses. In every way.

 

[jebatty]

Our Whirlpool side-side we bought in 1992, 3 kwh/day per Kill-o-Watt. Each kwh/day saved with a new fridge would save about $40/year. The newer upright freezer only takes 1.3 kwh/day.

 

[Seasoned Oak]

My new one beer fridge uses about 1 Kw a day or about 3$ a month $36 a year. Well worth it.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

That seems like a lot of juice for a fridge that only holds 1 beer.

 

[billjustbill]

I was wondering how energy efficient my 17 year old GE fridge was so plugged it into my Kill-A-Watt meter. After 24 hours it read 2.25 kWH and happened to notice it pulled 160 watts when the compressor runs. Curious how that compares to anybody that has a new fridge?

I understand the side-by-sides use more that a normal new fridge. Comparing "apples to oranges", I've read if you have an electric water heater, just to keep the water hot and ready to use, it takes about 2kw a day.

Try this site: (broken link removed to http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=refrig.calculator)

Some fridges just keep going and going, but there will come a time that an old good running fridge or freezer will have to be replaced just because of consumption of power. With the economy in quite a twist, and sooner or later the downturn will cause lower production and product shortages, maybe it's time to get a new fridge and keep the old one for emergencies or just for storage....

In Hawaii, I understand electricity can be as high as .45 a kwh on peak times, so people buy 220v timers to make sure their electric water heaters and their fridges don't run during those peak times.

 

[maple1]

I had several of them in 67 years. The one I bought last year is kicking all of their asses. In every way.

What exactly did you get? I read back but didn't see it posted.

 

[BrotherBart]

Just a bottom of the line 18.1 foot GE top freezer model from HD. Was on sale the day the old one died, was available in bisque to match the other stuff, exactly as big as could fit the space and was delivered and installed with the old one hauled away for six hundred bucks tax and all. A year and a half and still working so far.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-28-in...er-Refrigerator-in-White-GTS18GBEWW/204152702

 

[maple1]

I need to stick a killawatt on mine again. I did that a while ago, but then moved the killawatt to somewhere else without checking what it said for the fridge.

 

[maple1]

Just a bottom of the line 18.1 foot GE top freezer model from HD. Was on sale the day the old one died, was available in bisque to match the other stuff, exactly as big as could fit the space and was delivered and installed with the old one hauled away for six hundred bucks tax and all. A year and a half and still working so far.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-28-in...er-Refrigerator-in-White-GTS18GBEWW/204152702

Just checked the link - that looks a lot like our existing 20 year old Kenmore, although I'm sure there are big differences under the skin.

 

[BrotherBart]

Our old one was a 29 year old GE.

 

[maple1]

Just plugged it back in. Also dug out my fridge manual - according to it, the old thing should use around 1-3/4 kwh/day. Will see what happens in the next week or so.

Also a bit leery of the meter - it isn't an actual Killawatt but rather a far-east Ebay special. Can't seem to find an actual Killawatt in stores around these parts. But it's reading 120v OK - will see what watts it says when the fridge kicks on.

 

[BrotherBart]

If you catch it when defrost kicks in you will probably get wide eyed.