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Freezer uneconomical?

oxters · 2011-01-17 15:00:50

Hello I have an ancient (40 years old) large chest freezer in my garage which is extensively used and has never missed a beat. Obviously it can't be efficient and recently I started to take part in an Energy Monitoring Project which gives a read out of my electricity use over a period of time. During the night when almost…

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oxters Posts: 456 Forumite

19 January 2011 at 3:10PM

Cardew wrote: »

Calculations are OK.

Yours uses approx 30% more than mine. However yours is considerably older.

Comet sell a slightly bigger one than yours 502 litres grade B efficiency that uses 496kWh pa. which using your figure of 11.96p/kWh would cost £59.32.

Makes mine appear pretty good for its age - (a bit like myself)
Thank you Cardew for your most helpful posts and to the others who have taken the trouble

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