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rshrimp
Explorer
Jun 21, 2015

Switching to residential style fridge questions.

I would like to switch out my fridge to a compressor style 110v electric fridge. I have a 2500 watt invertor, 4-6volt batteries and 300 watts of solar as well as a 2500 watt generator for backup. I...
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Ivylog
Explorer III
Jun 21, 2015
I'm in the process of installing a EnergyStar Whirpool 21 CuFt Refer and it's energy guide says $44/year and 410,000 kWh/year or 1,123 W/day or 94 Amps/day... a fare amount less than the 1870 W/156 A/day above. $44/year is 12 cents a day although at the $0.13/kw I pay it's really 15 cents/day. It's amazing how energy efficient they have gotten these things.

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