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Cd · 06-14-2009, 08:53 PM

Holiday at Lowe's: 7.0 Cu. Ft. Chest Freezer (Color: White)

This 7 cu. ft. chest freezer consumes 277 kWh per year. It is not Energy Star rated.
It is however semi-affordable and ( I think ) able to fit in the back of my Civic hatch.
I wonder just how much electricity it would consume if I converted it to a chest frig.

A Vestfrost SE255 , which is just over 8 cu.ft. uses 172 kWh per year. This is the chest freezer used in this
Man Retrofits Freezer to Make an Ultra-Efficient Fridge : TreeHugger
article to achieve .1 Wh per day.

That's around 84 % less energy consumption than the junk freezer I am thinking of buying.
I assume that this would mean that any conversion that I did with the junk freezer would translate to similar readings compared to the .1 that were from the VestFrost.

So something like around 68 kWh per year compared with the VestFrost at less than 37 right ?

( Please correct my math if it is wrong. )

06-14-2009, 08:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
Cd Ultimate Fail Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Austin,Texas Posts: 3,585 Thanks: 2,872 Thanked 1,121 Times in 679 Posts	Holiday at Lowe's: 7.0 Cu. Ft. Chest Freezer (Color: White) This 7 cu. ft. chest freezer consumes 277 kWh per year. It is not Energy Star rated. It is however semi-affordable and ( I think ) able to fit in the back of my Civic hatch. I wonder just how much electricity it would consume if I converted it to a chest frig. A Vestfrost SE255 , which is just over 8 cu.ft. uses 172 kWh per year. This is the chest freezer used in this Man Retrofits Freezer to Make an Ultra-Efficient Fridge : TreeHugger article to achieve .1 Wh per day. That's around 84 % less energy consumption than the junk freezer I am thinking of buying. I assume that this would mean that any conversion that I did with the junk freezer would translate to similar readings compared to the .1 that were from the VestFrost. So something like around 68 kWh per year compared with the VestFrost at less than 37 right ? ( Please correct my math if it is wrong. )