03-22-2015, 06:14 AM
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Originally posted by Midnight Rambler
terracore - what about your refrigerator? I know from taking trips where I've disabled nearly everything that over 2/3 of my electricity is going to that, even though I have electric hot water and an electric range and am somewhat sloppy with phantom draws. I'm pretty sure mine isn't very efficient, but my total consumption is still only 100-120 kWh/month. I'm currently on Oahu where the rate is about 3/4 that of HELCO, so that translates to about $45.
We have an "energy star" Whirlpool model. Standard side-by-side frostless with icemaker etc. I don't know exactly how much power it draws, but during Iselle I would run it for over 3 hours off a 12v marine battery with an inverter to give me a break from the generator noise. Also we would use the battery for other things during that time like charging cell phones, laptops, powering lights, Makita batteries, etc. It was still running after three hours but the battery was showing drained to about 60% and I didn't want to degrade it. It seems to run a lot, but I think its a situation where it has a lower draw most of the time rather than a higher draw half of the time like older refrigerators.