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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Looking at my bill in the summer when the only natural gas use is the dryer, hot water, and oven (oh and the BBQ), I use 10 therms in a month for $9. There's another $9 in meter fees and taxes so the actual bill is $18.
With at least 1 shower per day, the hot water is going to be the bulk of the use. No idea what it would be, but my guess is the dryer is using about $2 of gas per month.
Put an energy meter on it and do the math.
My dad gave me an old deep freezer, and I monitored the energy use. It uses 3x more electricity than a cheap $120 new one. Doing the math, I will recoup the cost of the new freezer in 3 years just in electricity. Will it last 30 years? I don't care, because if it lasts more than 3 then I've saved money.
I confirmed the savings too by monitoring energy use in the new unit.
My newish LG fridge with french doors is consuming 738 kWh in a year for a total cost of $92, or $7.66 / month.
As an aside, I sold that old freezer for $20 to someone that came and picked it up. Little do they know it would be cheaper to just buy a brand new unit.
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I actually forgot to mention i put an energy meter on my fridge around 42 hours ago. So far we are at 1.3kWh/day. I'm just afraid of the new fridges as something is always wrong with them especially the french door fridges that all of the new houses come with.
Looks like this fridge is
Total volume: 21.9 cu. ft.Refrigerator volume: 14.5 cu. ft.Freezer Volume: 7.4 cu. ft
Redpoint what is your fridge using?