Yesterday we put the energy meter on our old chest freezer and left it on for 24 hours so that we could get a more accurate reading as it switches off and on in order to keep the temperature constant. Our chest freezer uses 200 watts of power to run. Today we got the reading, 64p per 24 hours. Eek! This is a daily figure which is going to make a big difference to our accounts.
Results:
- 64p daily
- £4.48 weekly
- £19.46 monthly
- £233.60 yearly
As I said yesterday, this is our second freezer as we have also have a modern upright integrated fridge freezer in the kitchen. It sounds really extravagent to have two but we do have a large family and we live in the Countryside away from the shops. Even so, I don't think we can warrant £233 a year on freezing extra food so I guess we will be switching it back off again. I decided to empty it last year, so it was empty for several months then I found some bargains and switched it back on again. I guess we saved more on the electricity bill than I gave it credit for.
Plan of action: to eat up the food in this freezer and also make space in our kitchen freezer for the meat joints etc for Winter so that we can switch it off as soon as possible. Even with our large family, I think it is still going to be several weeks or a couple of months before we can turn it off.
*The energy meter is good as it accurately tells you how much energy your particular appliance is using rather than just guessing. Just turning our freezer off as a result of this experiment will repay the few pounds that it cost to purchase the meter, we got ours from a top rated seller on ebay.
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