Freezer seal deicing power redux

[oil pan 4]

The freezer seal deice and anti condensation heater just likes to sit there drawing between 10 and 20 watts of power for what seems like hours on end.
It seems like its on most of the time the compressor is off, that could be where a good portion of the 1kwh per day it uses goes.

I was trying to figure out how I might take control of it, a timer, motion sensor, manual switch.

They didn't make the door seal power supply real easy to find.
Then thought maybe just put the whole thing on a timer.

Maybe run it for an hour then off for 2.
That would allow it to cool all the way down, do any evap coil defrost cycling it needs to accomplish, run the door seal heater some but not all the freaking time.
I think it would also need a manual bypass switch to return it to normal operation after cleaning it out, restocking it or if I needed to freeze something.

[gtojohn]

I've been thinking something similar for my kegerator and the extra fridge in our garage. I was thinking about off a few hours overnight. While the next run time might take longer it seems a lot of these appliances can be more efficient from longer run times and larger temperature differentials. With digital controls 1F differential are common which translates to more start ups and cycles then necessary.

[Piwoslaw]

Originally Posted by gtojohn

I was thinking about off a few hours overnight. While the next run time might take longer it seems a lot of these appliances can be more efficient from longer run times and larger temperature differentials.

There is an old thread:
Test results - Power savings from timer on fridge
If you do go ahead with the timer overnight, then please collect data and post it.