Old appliance vs new? how much different energy consumption?

[MOXJO7282]

Trying to convince my wonderful 85 yr old FIL to part with a barely working 30 yr old fridge. We bought a new one for them for Christmas, great deal at Best Buy, and he's reluctant to accept. MIL thinks its great.

I finally got him to reconsider when I told him its probably costing him $100 or more to run the older unit. I know the new one runs on $54 annually.

Any idea what a 30 year old refrigderator would cost to run annaully? I have no clue, but I think we have a great wealth of intelligence on this board so I'd figured I'd ask. TUG is the first place I go to ask for help. I value Tuggers opinion more than any other source out there.

 

[ondeadlin]

The energy efficiency of refrigerators and freezers has improved dramatically over the past three decades. A typical new refrigerator with automatic defrost and a top-mounted freezer uses about half the energy used by a typical 1990 refrigerator. So if your refrigerator is old, needs repairs, or is nearing the end of its expected 15-year life, it may make good economic sense to replace it now.

http://www.aceee.org/consumerguide/refrigeration.htm

I'm thinking the 30 year old model probably costs even considerably more than the 1990 model.

 

[Phill12]

Trying to convince my wonderful 85 yr old FIL to part with a barely working 30 yr old fridge. We bought a new one for them for Christmas, great deal at Best Buy, and he's reluctant to accept. MIL thinks its great.

I finally got him to reconsider when I told him its probably costing him $100 or more to run the older unit. I know the new one runs on $54 annually.

Any idea what a 30 year old refrigderator would cost to run annaully? I have no clue, but I think we have a great wealth of intelligence on this board so I'd figured I'd ask. TUG is the first place I go to ask for help. I value Tuggers opinion more than any other source out there.

Its hard to believe a 30 year old frig would still run at all and the power it must draw on must be something. Your parents sure got their money worth on it.

We replaced our heat/air system last year which was 12 years old and our water heater too.

We also replaced the elec range and cloths washer/drayer. Also had to make change when the law went into effect on pool sweeps. Had the new two speed replace the old one speed system of eight years ago.

After all this our PG@E bill dropped from around $650 a month during the summer to around $250-$300 a month now. :whoopie:

These upgrades do really help as we have not change our usage in anyway at home.

PHIL

 

[JeffW]

I don't have a link handy, but for about $30 you can buy a plug in wattmeter. If you can get to the back of his fridge, you could plug it in, let it run for a week, get the total watts/KW, then multiple by his effective rate, and 52wks/yr, to get an annual usage amount.