<< Back to all Blogs
Login or Create your own free blog
Layout:
Home > refrigerator surprise

refrigerator surprise

March 9th, 2007 at 02:39 pm

I was listening to the news today and did you know that refrigerators with the ice and water on the door, cost about 20% more electricity to operate than a regular refrigerator.
Actually, i am the only one that I know that does NOT have the ice and water on the door. I don't like them, because i seem to always spill ice on the floor. It is nice to know that I am saving money on that.

Posted in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »

8 Responses to “refrigerator surprise”

  1. JanH Says:
    March 9th, 2007 at 03:14 pm 1173453254
    1173453254

    I don't have one either. In fact our ice maker inside doesn't work either. Maybe I'm saving more money than I thought. lol

  2. icantsave Says:
    March 9th, 2007 at 03:31 pm 1173454301
    1173454301

    I dont have one either. And like JanH said, my icemaker isnt even hooked up. Guess I can save after all and just didnt know it.

  3. jIM_Ohio Says:
    March 9th, 2007 at 03:41 pm 1173454866
    1173454866

    An easy way to save money on refrig costs is to fill them with water if portions are empty.

    Water has highest "specific heat" of any substance, especially substance in plentiful and cheap supply. This means water holds it's temerature better than most materials.

    So fill water bottles with water. Put them in frig and freezer in any empty space. If power goes out, the cold water/cold ice can keep food around them from going bad.

    If you need the space, take the water out and set it aside. When space is available, put the water back in.

    If you need a cold drink in the summer, take the water out and drink it.

    I coach soccer and these bottles need to get filled 1-2X a week. My old Mountain dew bottles, my old milk jugs etc are blocks of ice in my freezer.

    We run 2 frigs because we need the freezer space 3-4X a year (thanksgiving, holidays), and the frigs are usually full of beer or whatever. But when these get low, it's cheaper to put water bottles in them than it is to let them cool air.

    If you open the door, cold air escapes and must be re-cooled.
    If you open the door, the cold/frozen water bottles remain and do not need to be recooled.

  4. Ima saver Says:
    March 9th, 2007 at 04:03 pm 1173456209
    1173456209

    Good ideas, Jim!!

  5. Fern Says:
    March 9th, 2007 at 05:10 pm 1173460229
    1173460229

    i always wanted one so that in summer i wouldn't have to open the door constantly to get ice. Now i have one and i love it

  6. LuckyRobin Says:
    March 10th, 2007 at 02:14 am 1173492866
    1173492866

    Yes, I found that out when we bought our current fridge four years ago. Ours doesn't even have an ice making ability as we got the type where the fridge is on top and the freezer is on bottom (which I love). It would be mighty inconvenient to get water out of the door nearly on the floor! I really do prefer plain old fashioned ice cube trays for making ice.

  7. Aleta Says:
    March 10th, 2007 at 04:29 pm 1173544180
    1173544180

    Years ago, I had the one with the refrigerator on top and freezer on bottom and it was good. I now have the side by side with ice and water maker outside. I often worry about bacteria in those things.

    For jIM: I read that the less that you keep in your refrigerator the better because it stays colder. On the other hand, the freezer does better being full. During hurricane season, I take empty milk bottles and fill them up with water place them in the freezer to freeze and they last longer than indiidual ice cubes.

  8. Butterfly Says:
    March 10th, 2007 at 04:32 pm 1173544326
    1173544326

    I use ice trays. The old fashion way!

Leave a Reply

(Note: If you were logged in, we could automatically fill in these fields for you.)
*
Will not be published.
   

* Please spell out the number 4.  [ Why? ]

vB Code: You can use these tags: [b] [i] [u] [url] [email]