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MrWizard
Jun 21, 2015Moderator
How often do you open the fridge ? You keep cold beer in there?
Many people quote 30% duty cycle
But ours is closer to 40%
But we are in it all day long, we keep cold bottle water in the fridge and ice in freezer..so we are always making iced cold tea or soda, or getting a cold bottle of water
Your use may be less than ours
Also are power use is less than stated in above post (about 1kwHr avg), because our fridge is only about 7.5~8 Cu Ft not the French door 20cu ft becoming so common
Many people quote 30% duty cycle
But ours is closer to 40%
But we are in it all day long, we keep cold bottle water in the fridge and ice in freezer..so we are always making iced cold tea or soda, or getting a cold bottle of water
Your use may be less than ours
Also are power use is less than stated in above post (about 1kwHr avg), because our fridge is only about 7.5~8 Cu Ft not the French door 20cu ft becoming so common
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