Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-10 Thread bob ellison
Chris Daum Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 10:52 AM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations? Not in western Montana this time of year! Chris Daum Oasis Montana Inc. _ From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun..

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-10 Thread Ray Walters
I've had clients freeze water outside for years and bring the ice (in gallon jugs) in to the fridge. It cuts the run time by at least half and is free. I've also done the chest style freezer conversion to fridge, but people don't like that as much. Its hard to use the space. Ray Walters On

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-10 Thread Chris Daum
boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dave Palumbo Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:23 PM To: ho...@catamountsolar.com; 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations? Howie, I usually agree to the Kenmore/Sears recommendation but the closest Sears is com

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Kelly Larson
Hi Dave, I've been living for years with an ice chest and a freezer for "refrigeration" in my house. The freezer is a tiny chest style, which I keep in the cold shed and freeze gallon bottles. I exchange them once a day and keep the ice chest in my kitchen nice and cool. I bet you could do i

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Dean T. Newberry
: ho...@catamountsolar.com; 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations? Howie, I usually agree to the Kenmore/Sears recommendation but the closest Sears is coming in with is with 18 cu' units that are listed as using 385kWH/yr. Higher than I'd like. This

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge Recommendations

2013-01-09 Thread Hilton Dier III
Hi Dave, It's a stretch, but consider Nova Kool. This is not a low-initial-cost option, but it can be an ultra-low energy option. Nova Kool makes a high efficiency DC refrigerator kit - just the mechanical and electrical guts. You build the box. It was originally designed for boaters who had

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread David Katz
boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dave Palumbo Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:23 PM To: ho...@catamountsolar.com; 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations? Howie, I usually agree to the Kenmore/Sears

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread conrad geyser
l the way frozen but I haven't had to build it yet as I've just been unplugging. Conrad Cotuit Solar From: Dave Palumbo [mailto:d...@independentpowerllc.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 4:26 PM To: conr...@cape.com; 'RE-wrenches' Subject: RE: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommen

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread SunHarvest
09, 2013 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations? Dave, I've always recommended Kenmore (Sears) which we have - they are reliable, quiet, and a good price point typically (especially if you get it on sale which them seem to have every other week). If you look for the righ

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Dave Palumbo
re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Brian Teitelbaum Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:08 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations? Dave, 137Whrs/day is less than 3Ah/day on a 48V battery. Not really that large a hit if the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Brian Teitelbaum
-Original Message- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dave Palumbo Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:23 PM To: ho...@catamountsolar.com; 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations? Howie,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Dave Palumbo
Welch Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 3:46 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations? Hi Dave et. al. It sounds like you might already know this good resource, a product list which is probably as up to date as one can get. You can download the Energy Star fridge/fr

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Dave Palumbo
ubject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations? David, Is this on or off grid? Conrad Cotuit Solar From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Rob Shappell Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 3:44 PM To: 'RE-wr

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread toddcory
ve > > -Original Message- > From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org > [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Howie > Michaelson > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 3:01 PM > To: RE-wrenches > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendation

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread jay peltz
> Is this on or off grid? > > Conrad > Cotuit Solar > > From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org > [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Rob Shappell > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 3:44 PM > To: 'RE-wrenches' >

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread conrad geyser
David, Is this on or off grid? Conrad Cotuit Solar From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Rob Shappell Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 3:44 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recom

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Michael Welch
Hi Dave et. al. It sounds like you might already know this good resource, a product list which is probably as up to date as one can get. You can download the Energy Star fridge/freezer database in Excel format, and sort on one or more columns to see the models with the features and energy perform

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Rob Shappell
, January 09, 2013 2:45 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations? 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

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Dave Palumbo
t: 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

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Dave Palumbo
f 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 th

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Dan Fink
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 t

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Dave Palumbo
as all the other loads in the home. Dave -Original Message- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Howie Michaelson Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 3:01 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recom

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Howie Michaelson
Dave, I've always recommended Kenmore (Sears) which we have - they are reliable, quiet, and a good price point typically (especially if you get it on sale which them seem to have every other week). If you look for the right model, you should be able to get one that comes close to that usage, espe

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Dave Palumbo
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