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How Much Energy Does Your Freezer Use?
By Solar energy | September 18, 2008
How Much Energy Does Your Freezer Use?
Reducing energy consumption begins by knowing how much energy you consume in the first place.
Having acquired our electric power monitor, a Kill-A-Watt meter, we are learning where the high-energy consumers are in our home. First, we plugged our refrigerator into the monitor. The results were posted Tuesday, the 16th.
Next, we checked the energy use of our stand-alone freezer. Here are the results.
Over a 24-hour period, our freezer used 3.29 kilowatt-hours of energy.
That means I am paying $144 per year to keep my bulk and bargain shopping trip finds preserved until ready to use. Maybe that’s a good deal. Maybe it isn’t. Since the freezer is 28 years old, I am guessing it isn’t.
I’ll be checking new energy star rated freezers soon and compare.
Topics: home energy audit, home energy bills, Home Energy Use, Reducing energy use, Solar Home Energy Project | No Comments »