[RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

[Dave Palumbo]

Dan,

 

Good to know. I appreciate the comment on the relativity of the noise. I
will strongly consider going with the Frigidaire. I had heard the GE's were
noisy too.

 

Dave

 

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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Dan Fink
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 3:24 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fridge recommendations?

 

Hi Dave;

 

Yah, the nice GE super-efficient models have been discontinued for a year or
2. A couple of them are up here in our off-grid community, and I still run
into them at motels etc. when we are at a remote jobsite. They are very
efficient and quite noisy. 

 

I have the exact Frigidaire you are talking about; I guess it's noisy, but
not quite as bad as those GEs. Up here off the grid. "noisy" is pretty
darned relative compared to a gasoline generator!

 

The GEs seem to run fine off a Trace U-series, but my Frigidaire did NOT
like mod sine wave in any form. Had to install a new sine wave inverter.
-- 
Dan Fink,
Executive Director;
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Buckville Energy Consulting
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On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Dave Palumbo <dave at independentpowerllc.com>
wrote:

I'm having difficulty finding a RF in the 16 to 20 cu ft range that uses
less than 350kWh/yr. All of the GE units listed by Energy Star as 300 to
311kWh/yr are no longer being manufactured according to my local appliance
dealers.

 

I see a Fridgidaire 18.2 cu ft that uses 335kWh/yr (reviews that I see on
this unit complained of loud clunky noises). 

 

Sun Frost units are too pricey for this application.

 

Any recommendations?

 

Thanks,

Dave

 

David Palumbo

Independent Power LLC 

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Hyde Park, VT 05655

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