Our freezer is 7 years old and has gotten kinda noisy. The electric company will give us $50 for it, as long as it is working. The presumption is that a newer one will save electricity. If I can get a good price on black Friday, it ought to be a good time to get a new one.
I have one of those things you plug into and it shows electrical usage.
It now says 9.36kwh and 161 hours since I plugged it in. That is about 6 days and ought to be a fair test.
It comes out to .06 per hour.
The new ones say they use 660kwh a year, or .08 an hour.
So the old one uses less electric than the new one? It can't be working that poorly. So buying a new one isn't a great idea.
Does that sound right?
Why would the electric utility give rebates when the new ones use more electricity?!