Lenny, I feel that the refrigerator will consume less than half that amount if it is only opened once or so per day. Man, when you open that refrigerator fairly often in a hot kitchen the cool inside just gets wiped completely out also causing tremendous moisture as well.
It is just like our house with the grandchildren runnin in and out all day. In the summer the heat just seems to run in as fast as it can and in the winter the cold fills the room faster than you can say "Jack Robinson". (lol) Unfortunately we are running two refrigerators in the kitchen and one of them is 7 years old. Cy From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 8:41 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] refrigerator on timer I was hoping to save a little wherever I could. Between my power tools ac units etc my electric bill is pretty high. Karen stores a lot of things that would not fit in the main unit. I already have several heavy duty timers. I use them for Christmas lights so sitting in the basement for about 11 months. I think that this thing eats between 8 and 10 dollars a month. I plan to let it sit for a few weeks before firing it up. It is 11 years old and I would assume that the insulation is wet causing it to run an excessive amount of time. When I purchased it the estimated cost was about 40 dollars a year and that was long before the rate increases. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Dan Rossi" <d...@andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 10:06 PM To: "bhm" <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] refrigerator on timer > Lenny, > > So, if you are considering just saving some money, how much does a timer > cost VS how much will you save in electricity? I mean, a fridge can't > cost more than 6 or 8 bucks a month to run, and you would save less than a > third of that. OK, so maybe you would save 20 or 30 bucks a year which > would probably recover the cost of the timer in a year or so. > > I assume you aren't doing this to save energy, because having a second > refrigerator is not really an energy saver to begin with. > > Hmm, can you disconnect the frost free system? Don't know if that is > possible or not, but might save as well. > > What about selling it, and purchasing a newer, more efficient, smaller > fridge? Which would probably consume less energy than the larger older > fridge even with the timer scheme. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com <mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com> > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster <http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_ page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29> &PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo> ! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
