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RobertSmalls · 01-06-11, 05:18 PM

I mentioned in a different thread that I heat my house to 50°F at night and 40°F while I'm at work. The lower average ambient temperature means my fridge has to work much less hard.

In the summer, I reported that my fridge uses 1kWh/day. Well, it's now at 0.53kWh/day, as an average of the past five days.

Btw, if you press the kWh button on the KaW twice, it displays a clock. Letting it run for at least 72 hours is probably the right way to measure a fridge, as mine seems to vary quite a bit from day to day.

01-06-11, 05:18 PM	#1
RobertSmalls Journeyman EcoRenovator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 344 Thanks: 3 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts	Lower ambient temperature = huge fridge power savings I mentioned in a different thread that I heat my house to 50°F at night and 40°F while I'm at work. The lower average ambient temperature means my fridge has to work much less hard. In the summer, I reported that my fridge uses 1kWh/day. Well, it's now at 0.53kWh/day, as an average of the past five days. Btw, if you press the kWh button on the KaW twice, it displays a clock. Letting it run for at least 72 hours is probably the right way to measure a fridge, as mine seems to vary quite a bit from day to day.