Energy Efficient Freezers

Lowering Energy Costs

You'll find that Energy Star rated units, small chest freezers and others, will knock down your utility bills to the tune of several hundreds of dollars annually.

These refrigerator tips will also help you when it comes to saving money.

Below are time-tested ways to save you big bucks by reducing your freezer costs.

How To Increase Energy Efficiency To Save Cash

• Defrosting Your Freezer

  Whenever you have a freezer frost build-up, it reduces your freezer's power efficiency. Your solution will be to manually defrost your freezer when the frost builds up to a thickness ranging from 1/4 to 1/2 inch.

• Clean Your Coils

  Cleaning your freezer coils is extremely important. Dirty, dusty coils make your unit's compressor work harder. As a result, your freezer will burn unnecessary power and cost you more money to run.

• Airflow

  You'll want to make sure your freezer as some space on all sides. This allows heat to escape for better power efficiency.

• Freezer Temperature

  We will check our freezer temperature weekly as we fill it up on grocery shopping day. It's a good idea if you can try and least check your freezer's temperature monthly.

  You can purchase a freezer thermometer cheap ($6.00 to $8.00 range). We bought ours at nextag.com. I've got to imagine your local appliance or department stores stock this item as well.

  You'll want to place the thermometer between 2 bags of frozen food. For example, we slap it in between a couple bags of vegetables.

  If the thermometer temperature reads too high or low, just adjust your unit's temperature dial. Then, wait a day, and check your thermometer again, repeating the same process if necessary.

Cost Savings When Purchasing Energy Efficient Freezers

Best Chest Freezer

Chest freezers are number 1 when it comes to power efficiency. These units will save you money on your utility bill over an upright freezer because cold air falls (the opposite of heat rising).

Because of this, when you open a chest freezer, the cold air won't rise up out of the freezer like it does with an upright.

Bottom Freezer Unit

Since the main compartment of the unit is at eye level, you'll find that you don't have to get on your toes or do frequent bending to get at your food.

Another fantastic plus is the cost savings! These are much more energy efficient then a side by side or top freezer/refrigerator unit.

Since warm air rises, and the warmer part of the appliance is topside, you'll lose less cold air with the freezer at the bottom.

Energy Star Freezer

In a nutshell, an energy star unit will save you from 15% to 30% in energy costs over the non-energy star units. It's a very good idea for you to check the energy star site while freezer shopping to make sure you're getting one of the most energy efficient freezers out there.

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