There's been the occasional post over the years about fridge / freezer power consumption. I know modern fridges are more efficient than older ones, and chest freezer conversions are meant to be the cheapest to run.
In this thread Cortez finds his fridge heading towards $133 a year.
Back them I also played with an energy meter, and found my main keggerator was looking at $150 a year. This energy meter died after a month (and I couldn't find the receipt) so I haven't been able to accurately measure any more devices.
I recently picked up a Belkin energy meter, and today plugged it into my first fridge to be measured. Initially I plan on running 1 day tests on my fridges/freezers. Long term I will do longer periods as things like the fermenting fridge will be at 18c for ales for a week followed by 4c cold conditioning, obviously the 4c will consume more power. Also summer will cause more power to be used than winter.
Here gwb had these stats
Keg King kegerator was measured / predicted to cost just under $50 per year.
A 300l fridge freezer was measered at ~ $150 per year
BIG 600l Jenn Air Fridge / Freezer with ice maker and water chiller all plumbed in ( which gets a LOT of use ) was measured at ~$300 per year.
Does anyone have stats of where they have recorded their fridge and freezers power usages?
I'll try and keep this thread up to day as the number are recorded.
QldKev
In this thread Cortez finds his fridge heading towards $133 a year.
Back them I also played with an energy meter, and found my main keggerator was looking at $150 a year. This energy meter died after a month (and I couldn't find the receipt) so I haven't been able to accurately measure any more devices.
I recently picked up a Belkin energy meter, and today plugged it into my first fridge to be measured. Initially I plan on running 1 day tests on my fridges/freezers. Long term I will do longer periods as things like the fermenting fridge will be at 18c for ales for a week followed by 4c cold conditioning, obviously the 4c will consume more power. Also summer will cause more power to be used than winter.
Here gwb had these stats
Keg King kegerator was measured / predicted to cost just under $50 per year.
A 300l fridge freezer was measered at ~ $150 per year
BIG 600l Jenn Air Fridge / Freezer with ice maker and water chiller all plumbed in ( which gets a LOT of use ) was measured at ~$300 per year.
Does anyone have stats of where they have recorded their fridge and freezers power usages?
I'll try and keep this thread up to day as the number are recorded.
QldKev