OffGridICF
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Our 21 cu-ft French door fridge/freezer is our largest load at around 1.2kWh/day. For the new house we're building I got a refrigerator-only (Whirlpool WRR56X18FW, 293kWh/year, 0.8kWh/day) to go with a separate chest freezer which we had already (Maytag MZC3122F, 386kWh/year, 1.05kWh/day). Having the separate freezer in the utility room won't be as convenient, but the overall reduced power is a really big deal, especially in the winter. This new combination will provide an 18 cu-ft fridge and 22 cu-ft freezer for 1.86 kWh/day.
The Whirlpool and Gladiator (garage fridge) look like the same basic hardware with different trim. Reviews indicate these (and most appliances) tend to have a fairly high number of quality issues. It took a while for mine to arrive and it looks like availability is still an issue. I haven't plugged it in yet so I can't speak to the reliability or provide measured power consumption.
You can check out listed energy star appliances here:
https://www.energystar.gov/products/appliances
Here is a simplified energy comparison for different styles of refrigerators (top freezer, bottom freezer, ice maker, etc.):
https://choose.enervee.com/fridgescore/
This site provides energy consumption for a large number of refrigerators broken down into different tiers of performance. You can view a pdf or download the tables in an Excel file:
https://library.cee1.org/content/qualifying-product-lists-residential-refrigerators
If you can get by with just a fridge (no freezer) you might also consider converting a chest freezer into a fridge like this:
https://www.newlifeonahomestead.com/convert-chest-freezer-to-fridge-solar/
The Whirlpool and Gladiator (garage fridge) look like the same basic hardware with different trim. Reviews indicate these (and most appliances) tend to have a fairly high number of quality issues. It took a while for mine to arrive and it looks like availability is still an issue. I haven't plugged it in yet so I can't speak to the reliability or provide measured power consumption.
You can check out listed energy star appliances here:
https://www.energystar.gov/products/appliances
Here is a simplified energy comparison for different styles of refrigerators (top freezer, bottom freezer, ice maker, etc.):
https://choose.enervee.com/fridgescore/
This site provides energy consumption for a large number of refrigerators broken down into different tiers of performance. You can view a pdf or download the tables in an Excel file:
https://library.cee1.org/content/qualifying-product-lists-residential-refrigerators
If you can get by with just a fridge (no freezer) you might also consider converting a chest freezer into a fridge like this:
https://www.newlifeonahomestead.com/convert-chest-freezer-to-fridge-solar/
