@gunrunnerjohn posted:
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(snip)ENERGY STAR Refrigerator (side by side) 21 cu. ft. 51 kWh per month $ 6.63 per month
In my case, probably more like $8/mo, that assumes 13 cents/KW. So, it's not much more than a couple of incandescent bulbs.
When I bought my current house 26 years ago, it came with a green avocado frost-free refrigerator, 1965 vintage. To make a long story short, I started to analyze the electric bill and figured out that the refrigerator was costing $1 a day to run. I decided to buy a new refrigerator. Everyone thought I was crazy to fuss about $1 a day.
The "new" refrigerator draws 140 watts when it is running. It runs about half the time, which works out to about 42 cents a day at today's rates.
Over the years, I have changed all the appliances, A/C, heating, gone to LED or compact fluorescent lamps, new TVs and computer monitors (not all at once!) My electric bill now, in dollars, is within a few percent of what it was in 1994.
Energy savings can be real.
