My fridge/freezer is D rating

Transactionumber

Hello everyone my fridge /freezer is D rating.Its a bosch no frost we bought it new about 7.5 years ago .No problems with it next to D rating it has 653 I was wondering what this means is it the amount of electric it uses a year??Anyway I was thinking is it possibly more economical to change it for an A rated appliance which they all seem to be?? Any views welcomed. many thanks leachy.

economiser

I think you will find a D rating applicance will use about 50% more electricity than an A rated. As refrigerator's/freezers don't use much power the pay back period if you buy a new A rated appliance would be measured in years. I suggest you keep the old one until it gives up.

deano72_2

correct me if im wrong,but i think fridge/freezers use the most electrcity out of all the applinces in the house,probly to do with its on 24/7,you could sale it (whilst it still works) then put the money towards a new one.

economiser

According to Siemens a 280 litre "A" rated refrigerator-freezer will cost about £22 a year to run. Thus the savings over a "D" rated would be around £5 or £6 a year.

alanobrien

deano72 wrote:

correct me if im wrong,but i think fridge/freezers use the most electrcity out of all the applinces in the house,probly to do with its on 24/7,you could sale it (whilst it still works) then put the money towards a new one.

Obviously an electric fire will use more, as would an electric cooker or hob but so would a washing machine especially if it is cold filled.

moonrakerz

deano72 wrote:

correct me if im wrong,but i think fridge/freezers use the most electrcity out of all the applinces in the house,probly to do with its on 24/7,you could sale it (whilst it still works) then put the money towards a new one.

A fridge isn't running 24/7, it depends how often you open the door. Overnight it will run very little.

I saw some figures that quoted about 600kWh per year for a fridge/freezer - if you do some very rough rounding, thats 2kWh per day (at 7 to 8p a unit) - a tumble drier uses about 3kwh (on high) an hour ! Don't worry about the fridge - worry about the tumbler, electric fires, electric immersion heater......