Chest freezer consumption - does this sound right?

wheeze

Have recently bought an elctricity monitor. Have been monitoring my old chest freezer for 3 days now and it says I have used 6Kwh - does this sound high?

I notice some of the new models in argos use 250-350 kwh per year, whereas mine is using around double that?

any help appreciated

Cardew

Depends where it is situated I would have thought.

I have a large chest freezer(Bosch 7/8 years old) in the garage(warm in summer, cold in winter)

In the summer it used 8.5kWh in a week. I am currently monitoring it now the cold weather has arrived, and will let you know.

wheeze

Mine is in garage too, so would be interested to see your reply!

Xbigman

They also need regular defrosting (and I don't mean regularly every 4 years :rolleyes: ) as the build up of ice reduces efficiency.

My new chest freezer has a variable temperature setting and is very efficient (can't remember the figure off hand) but I soon realised that efficiency is only achievable at the lowest (warmest) setting, so I'm a bit disapointed. I can't complain though, all those BOGOF's and special offers have saved me a fortune.
Regards


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Cardew

Depends where it is situated I would have thought.

I have a large chest freezer(Bosch 7/8 years old) in the garage(warm in summer, cold in winter)

In the summer it used 8.5kWh in a week. I am currently monitoring it now the cold weather has arrived, and will let you know.

wheeze wrote:

Mine is in garage too, so would be interested to see your reply!

Winter consumption is 6.41kWh in a week - so 0.9kwh a day.