I was recently cleaning my refrigerator coils and wanted to test the power savings I would get from this action so I put my E-Z Watt reader in to get some data. I was a little surprised to find the fridge was using 14W of power just sitting there doing nothing....no lights on, no fan, etc... With the fan on, it was consuming about 190W and when the compressor kicked on it was 375W. The interior lights were adding about 50W when on. I guess I am wondering if this 14W usage is normal or if this older fridge is having power consumption issues. Yes, 14W isn't much but 24/7, this would certainly add up. When I was testing two other fridges I once owned, I don't recall them using any power when nothing was going on.
By the way, cleaning the coils (which were extremely dusty) only registered about 7W of power as the compressor was then running around 368W. I was rather disappointed in this result, BUT I have to assume that the power savings would be achieved more so by the compressor not needing to run as long or as often??
By the way, cleaning the coils (which were extremely dusty) only registered about 7W of power as the compressor was then running around 368W. I was rather disappointed in this result, BUT I have to assume that the power savings would be achieved more so by the compressor not needing to run as long or as often??