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KITCHEN APPLIANCES - Refrigerator Savings when using Different models:
TEN Energy Saving Steps to Remember:
Watchdog in Action:
7.) THIS IS A WINNER: If you have an older model, you may have an Energy Saving Switch inside the refrigerator.
If this switch is not used right, it will raise your electric bill.
We are not talking about temperature or thermostat controls.
This switch will say ON and OFF to save energy.Now everyone would think to use this Energy Saving Switch you have to turn it ON to save energy... WRONG!
To SAVE Energy you have to turn this Energy Saving Switch OFF! (Please confirm this with your model by reading the fine print on the label next to your switch)WHY? Because the refrigerator has an electric heater (heating wires) embedded within and around the frame of the Freezer and Refrigerator doors. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? A heater inside the walls of a Refrigerator and Freezer.
Why would anyone come up with this idea?
Oh, to "burn off" moisture condensing on the surface and perimeter of the doors during hot, muggy, summer months.
WOW! Just a Brilliant design. Put an electric heater in a device that is trying to make things cold!So by turning the Energy Saving Switch to OFF you are actually turning OFF the electric heater in the doors and turning ON the Energy Savings.
Oh, but what if my model builds up a great deal of moisture and condenses all around the doors and drips and...?
Stop opening your doors so many times, pull the shade down on the window if sunlight is on the unit and just wipe the perimeter dry with a Dish Towel !
8.) GOT BELLS and WHISTLES?! Why? Do you really NEED water through the door?
You know that Butter Conditioner you paid extra for?
Well you are still paying for it each day it is on and adding to the electric cost.
Yes, that Butter Conditioner is a little heater inside your refrigerator. Turn it OFF.
9.) THIS IS A BIG ONE: A Freezer FILLED with food is a more efficient Freezer!
Is your Freezer filled or do you have a half filled freezer and the extra food is in that extra freezer down the basement or out in the garage?
So many times have we seen this scenario in hundreds of homes: A half filled freezer in the kitchen and an extra old inefficient freezer running in the basement empty or half empty. (see blue arrow in image on lower right)
Older models of these extra Box freezers can cost up to $240.00 a year in electricity!- Move the food upstairs or inside! Shut it off and pull the plug!
- SAVE $240.00 a year instantly.
- Go out to dinner with the family, why pay the power company and waste energy!Okay, yes you have a big 4th of July party every year and need the extra freezer for the extra food.
That is okay - First buy the most efficient designed model...
... DO NOT save your old inefficient model.
Plug the extra freezer in three days before shopping and no more than five days before the party date.
Cook, eat, be merry and when the party is over - then within three days...- Move any extra food upstairs or inside! Shut it off and pull the plug!
- SAVE $235.00 a year instantly if it is an old model or about $100.00 if new.
- Go out to dinner with the family, why pay the power company and waste energy!
Saving old inefficient refrigerators and freezers for the occasional extra food?
That is costly for you & America!
10.) SIMPLE ONE: Adjust the Thermostat so the refrigerator is kept around 36°F and the freezer compartment at 0°F.
You can buy a thermostat to check the temperatures in any Home Goods or Kitchen store.
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