Dan,
Good to know. I appreciate the comment on the relativity of the noise. I will strongly consider going with the Frigidaire. I had heard the GE's were noisy too. Dave From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dan Fink Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 3:24 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations? Hi Dave; Yah, the nice GE super-efficient models have been discontinued for a year or 2. A couple of them are up here in our off-grid community, and I still run into them at motels etc. when we are at a remote jobsite. They are very efficient and quite noisy. I have the exact Frigidaire you are talking about; I guess it's noisy, but not quite as bad as those GEs. Up here off the grid. "noisy" is pretty darned relative compared to a gasoline generator! The GEs seem to run fine off a Trace U-series, but my Frigidaire did NOT like mod sine wave in any form. Had to install a new sine wave inverter. -- Dan Fink, Executive Director; Otherpower Buckville Energy Consulting Buckville Publications LLC NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers 970.672.4342 (voicemail) On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Dave Palumbo <d...@independentpowerllc.com> wrote: I'm having difficulty finding a RF in the 16 to 20 cu ft range that uses less than 350kWh/yr. All of the GE units listed by Energy Star as 300 to 311kWh/yr are no longer being manufactured according to my local appliance dealers. I see a Fridgidaire 18.2 cu ft that uses 335kWh/yr (reviews that I see on this unit complained of loud clunky noises). Sun Frost units are too pricey for this application. Any recommendations? Thanks, Dave David Palumbo Independent Power LLC 462 Solar Way Drive Hyde Park, VT 05655 www.independentpowerllc.com Vermont Solar Partner 25 Years Experience, (802) 888-7194 <tel:%28802%29%20888-7194>
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