If it's that old, it's time to replace it with a newer power saving unit. And I would suggest an upright deep freeze over a chest type. The upright model has shelves and it makes it easier to sort out foods. If you want to save money, look for a manual defrost model. You'll have to defrost it twice a year or maybe 3 times a year if you live in a high humidity area. We've had one for years and the money you save by buying in bulk helps pay for the thing. If the power goes off, as long as you don't open the door on the deep freeze, it can hold out for several days. I only paid 250 bucks for mine about 10 years ago. The shelves are fixed in the door and the shelves in the box are not adjustable but what do you expect in a bear bones unit. We were after a deep freeze that was cheap and wasn't going to brake the bank or run up the power bill. In the run, it beat having a second refrigerator.
Alan Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <lmch...@verizon.net> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 7:41 PM 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> > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 10:06 PM > To: "bhm" <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.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 >> Tel: (412) 268-9081 >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Send any questions regarding list management to: >> blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&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! Groups Links >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&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! Groups Links > > > >
