Worth replacing 15 year old fridge - energy savings?

[Neilj]

Exactly my point. If it is less than 5 Celsius, you don’t really need a fridge. Please
just get real and think things through before you post!

I actually posted the scenario for -10 degrees because I guessed you wouldn’t even connect it with a scenario of “less than 5 degrees”. I was right, you didn’t.

I did think before I posted, my first comment was this:

Not a good idea nowadays, the modern refrigerant gases don't work below about 5 degrees ambient. Something that sits in a cold garage for example now needs to be built for that purpose with alternative gas in it.

And then to clarify after your comment:

I possibly should have been a bit clearer, I was talking about external temperature not the internal temperature of the fridge.

At which point you seem to have taken offence at my suggestions for some reason?
I was merely pointing out that a fridge will not operate efficiently or even at all at a low ambient temperature, i.e. outside somewhere like a detached garage.
Here's some info, direct from GE's website, see under the 'Cold temperatures' heading:
https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=16910

Anyway, none of this is helping the OP so back to the main subject and sorry for the slight diversion

 

[dave h 2]

Yes, Dave, but could a new seal (costing a fiver?) have saved you that £120 per annum? Not only the running cost, but also the capital cost of the new one and the recycling cost of the old one? Repair is often far cheaper than ‘consumer replacementism’.

It's not 1960 anymore, door seals £50 each x 2. 20 years old and it was far too big for 2 of us to run half empty. We don't pay to recycle fridges here.
If you play that capital cost game on everything we would all have to drive round in 20+ year old cars and breathe in the result.

 

[JOEPRO]

I got one of these cheap plugs which is working well on my new heat pump tumble dryer.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electricity-Monitoring-Backlight-Consumption-Appliances/dp/B0BC7HXB41/ref=sr_1_8?crid=2QPDNBGT9T928&keywords=electric+cost+plug&qid=1679748131&sprefix=electric+cost+plug%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-8

Now reset and on the fridge.

With compressor running its drawing about 125 watts. Will report back on what its daily consumption actually is.

Thinking about this more the possible culprits for the high power bills are:

Tumble dryer. Old one was getting very intermittant and as a result we were putting it on during day. (Not econ 7 at night) Each cycle would have been about £1.50. 1 or 2 cycles a day in winter. New heat pump dryer is only using 30p of electric during day for a full cycle. That alone will make a substantial saving in the leccie bill.

Immersion Heater My GF has a nasty habbit of boosting it alot in the evening. Sometimes not even using the HW after. a 3kw immersion boosted for an hour is £1 roughly extra a day. So ill keep nagging about that one and try to reduce the occurances. The cyl is heated at night automatically with Econ 7 programmer. The cylinder is highly insultated and water is still warm for dishes etc evening time.


Dehumidifier Running in my clarke tent garage. Not all the time but recently when I put it up and will be required in winter months to keep it from sweating with a car inside. I will measure that after the fridge.

 

[Neilj]

I think what you've listed above are the likely culprits. If the water is already warm then having the immersion on for an hour might not use an hour's worth of juice, if it gets up to temperature within an hour it will shut off on the thermostat. Dehumidifier I would guess 200-300 watts, depending on model?

 

[Wedg1e]

I'm sure there's a joke about the similarities between old fridges and Sunderland girls...

I've been using a dehumidifier to dry my clothes for about 18 years.

 

[daleyd]

I'm sure there's a joke about the similarities between old fridges and Sunderland girls...

I've been using a dehumidifier to dry my clothes for about 18 years.

Get a tumble dryer, they’d be done in an hour

 

[addjunkie]

Get a tumble dryer, they’d be done in an hour

I find the washing line cheaper, but the; you can only wash in summer

 

[Cobbler]

I find the washing line cheaper, but the; you can only wash in summer

What do you mean, I wash once a year whether I need it or not

 

[daleyd]

I find the washing line cheaper, but the; you can only wash in summer

We very rarely use the tumble dryer, usually everything goes on the line or on a clothes sorer in the kitchen (underfloor heating)