Our 26 Year old Westinghouse 631 litre fridge failed on Sunday the 18th- decided to go and get a new one rather than waste time and money on repairs. As luck would have it I have been doing daily electricity meter readings for the past several months so had a good "before and after" measure. We put in a new Westinghouse 599 Litre on the 18th and our power usage dropped dramatically - comparing the week before daily average to the week after daily average we are using 6.2Kw/day less.
Old refrigerators can really eat electricity!
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sunbeam
MemberSimilar result here when I tested my 20 year old + 430L Westinghouse upside down fridge, it was using over 3kwh per day in winter. "What would it be when temperatures rise in summer and it has to work harder"? - I thought to myself. As it happened it died but I had been thinking about replacing it with a new Electrolux upside down, similar size. I'm now saving around 2kwh per day.It uses around 1kwh per day. As I'm on premium solar feed in tariff, its a double benefit. Saving on power use and increasing my power export to the grid. Its also a lot quieter than the old one and isn't running as much either. By my calculations you will save around $400 pa with your new fridge. Should pay for itself pretty quickly!Smart move.
Posted Tuesday 27 Sep 2011 @ 1:01:12 am from IP # -
dbindoff
MemberI had similar result changing to Electrolux upside down from old Fridgidaire - very pleasing!
Has anyone had similar experience with chest freezers?
My 20+ year old 200litre uses just under 1kwh per day (measured by cheap Arlec meter), according to star ratings the Haier 148l chest freezer would use less than half that in our cooler conditions. Has anyone made a similar switch and seen the actual savings? (And is this model working OK?)
Posted Tuesday 27 Sep 2011 @ 1:24:32 am from IP #