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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 11:32 AM
Subject: Energy Pig Frig
First thanks to all those who responded to my comments and
questions on my used battery pack and new inverter choice.
Now my new dilemma --I followed the recent discussion on
Refrigs with great interest as we are replacing appliances as we ready for our
move to an offgrid home in the next 2 months.
After much research I decided to buy a
Kenmore model # 6198 18.79 cu.ft. Energy star rated at 417kwh/yr.
=1.14kwh/day
Now the problem after giving it a few days to "catch up" I
began metering it's use with a Watts Up power meter. Over the last week it
has used 1.72kwh/day or a whopping 50.8% more than published figures.
Today the Sears tech came out and was predictably
befuddled. His call in to the tech wizards resulted in the standard line of
"well those figures are best case scenario -your mileage may vary....yah yah .."
The problem with their arguement is our new Frig. is replacing a 5 year old
Kenmore 18.5 cu.ft. with usage rating of 554kwh/yr. or 1.55kwh/day which has
been consistently measured over several months under consistent temp. and use
patterns and uses surprise 1.54kwh/day just as advertised.
So now of course I must return this frig. buy a new one
-which hopefully will perform as advertised and now Sears will sell this
underperforming frig to someone who isn't as anal. Do I complain to Energy Star
or anyone else?
Oh it is a scratch and dent model ( as the previous
Kenmore frig. was) so instead of the $799 list price I paid $ 449--same
warranty and a good deal if I can get one to work. Oh which brings up the real
pisser I bought the frig. 100miles away in Atl where they have a big enough
selection so I can fing the Energy Star models. Can anyone say extra energy use
--luckily I have business which requires me and my truck to travel to Atl twice
a month
Thanks,
Chris
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