To reduce your refrigerator's energy consumption consider the refrigerator energy saving tips provided in this article. To start, old refrigerators are the most likely category of refrigerators to waste energy. This is so because as refrigerators age, they can lose efficiency for a number of reasons. However, they can also be made to operate more efficiently, especially if they have been neglected, misunderstood or taken for granted for several years.
In other words, a little maintenance on refrigerators can go a long way and be done quite easily. Refrigerator maintenance, whether the appliance be new or old, can help improve the efficiency of a refrigerator and reduce your refrigerator's energy consumption. The reason refrigerator maintenance can be an effective way to improve refrigerator efficiency is that it can lower unnecessary energy consumption which causes a refrigerator to overwork and cost more money. A few tips that can be implemented in reducing refrigerator energy consumption are discussed below.
Ways to help reduce refrigerators' energy consumption
Sometimes it may seem nothing more can be done to improve a refrigerator's energy consumption, but as with many other things, small adjustments can be made. These small adjustments can add up cumulatively over time. A penny here, a penny there, many pennies can make a difference especially if the extra savings are used to pay off interest bearing loans. Below are some tips on how to reduce your refrigerator's energy consumption.
• Encourage air flow around the condenser under the fridge by periodically cleaning dust away with a brush. This extends the life of the fridge compressor which is the most expensive part of a fridge. "A refrigerator with a clean condenser coil will release heat more efficiently, operate with less strain on the mechanical parts, and draw less current. Essentially, your appliance will do a better job for less money." (www.motherearthnews.com)
• Maintain the seal around the fridge door. This seal is called the gasket. If air can freely flow through the gasket the fridge is not sealed properly and energy can be lost making the fridge less efficient.
• A refrigerator temperature of 37 degrees Fahrenheit and a freezer temperature of 3 degrees is believed to be ideal and economical. At these temperatures the fridge can still operate effectively and be more efficient on energy consumption than if set at higher temperatures.
• If the refrigerator one is using always has a lot of empty space it might be too big for your needs. In this case, It may be possible to exchange it for a more efficient and less expensive fridge to operate.
• Employ a fridge timer to prevent excess and redundant use of electricity. A timer may already be built into the fridge but if it doesn't the additional expense may be worth it.
• Removing fridge lights can also have an influence on the fridges energy consumption and these lights may be redundant if there is plenty of light in the room to see in the fridge.
Additional refrigerator energy saving tips
The rest is good common sense; leaving the fridge and freezer doors open for as little time as possible and reading the refrigerator manual (if it is still around) can point out how the refrigerator operates and which control settings do what. Familiarity with the fridge features will enable one to better adjust the settings for maximum efficiency and the manufacturer may have information on the model number if the manual is lost.
If the old fridge still has life in it and can be run fairly efficiently, it may not be a good time to invest in an energy star fridge just yet and just because it isn't an energy star fridge doesn't mean it can't be run more efficiently. By utilizing the tips in this article, reducing your refrigerator's energy consumption may be a more likely economic reality than had nothing been done at all. For additional ways to lower your refrigerator's energy consumption visit the following link on refrigerator efficiency techniques.
Sources:
1. http://powerscorecard.org/reduce_energy.cfm
2. http://www.horizonservicesinc.com/reference/tips-articles/refrigerator-maintenance-save-energy
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