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Old 12-01-2022, 06:31 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I'm still willing to buy a clothes dryer, as it may allow me to wash clothes even in a rainy day. Even when I resort to an electric heater to speed-up clothes drying indoor, it's still too slow, even when I do it inside the bathroom which is the smallest part of my apartment and would get a higher temperature quicker with that heater turned on. Since that heater doesn't have a fan to spread the heat further, this may also be a reason why it takes too long to dry clothes indoor...
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What do I spend on natural gas to dry my clothes in a year, $25?

I spend more on avocados than drying clothes.
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Old 12-02-2022, 10:42 AM   #14 (permalink)
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I had a circuit recorder on my dryer in my old house of 1450sqft and it had me at around 1/3 of my energy was the dryer in the middle of summer. Biggest one was AC. Third largest was the fridge. I'm also working on my fridge, recording usage for a week and then going to try to insulate it in a non terrible looking way
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I think you'd have better results with a different refrigerant, perhaps (gasp) butane and higher pressures.
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I think you'd have better results with a different refrigerant, perhaps (gasp) butane and higher pressures.
thats probably above me. Plus these refrigerators are bulletproof. I its already almost 20 years old still fully functional. I don't want to risk making it unreliable lol
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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.

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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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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.
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?
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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.
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Total volume: 21.9 cu. ft.Refrigerator volume: 14.5 cu. ft.Freezer Volume: 7.4 cu. ft
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You can still purchase barebones fridges these days. If top efficiency and reliability are most important, a top freezer / bottom fridge is the way to go. Of course, with no water/ice.

The icemaker is going to be the biggest cause of issues.

My fridge consumes right at about 2 kWh per day. I put in the house contract that the fridge stays, so I inherited it from the previous owner. Figured the owner wouldn't want to move it anyhow (same thing with the pool table).

It had a broken Mullion (center flap seal between french doors) when I got it, but I didn't realize it. That caused the door to appear closed but it was cracked open slightly. So, initially I was diagnosing an ice block, but then realized it was really just the door not always shutting properly. $45 Mullion fixed it. Usually what breaks is the springs because they're only good for so many flexes, but those are even cheaper and easier to replace. In my case, the plastic that held the springs was broken, so I had to replace the unit.

Looks like 1 kWh per day is about as efficient as they come these days.
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I honestly prefer to buy proven models. New is usually going to involve you as a product tester asbout half the time.
Wow so it looks like its pretty good. I wonder if i can find some free insulation to throw on it for fun now. Gotta maintain the cabinet gap though.

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