Are There 10 Star Energy Efficient Fridges?

Zachary on 22/01/2017 - 03:21
Last edited 22/01/2017 - 09:57 by 1 other user

According to this page: there are fridges that have up to 10 stars of efficiency, effectively maximum possible efficient as you can get in terms of energy.

I googled "10 star energy efficient fridges" and didn't really pull up anything with a fridge that actually rates at 10 stars, but lower or something completely different. So can anyone here help me find a fridge with 10 star energy efficiency rating? Or it was lie(or I interpreted it incorrectly somehow) and there is no such a fridge with this high of a rating of energy efficiency?

I'm not looking for anything big, just smallish but big enough that I can store all my juices(them 2L even 5L bottles) and drinks(think soda can size) and all that in. If there is such a fridge that exists with a 10 star rating, how much am I looking at forking for this….?

Thanks.

Electrical & Electronics

Comments

  • wobbuffet on 22/01/2017 - 03:32
    +3

    http://www.energyrating.gov.au/calculator helpful?

  • rambutann on 22/01/2017 - 09:25
    +1

    Fridges are generally fairly efficient to begin with. Just get the smallest one you can for your requirements and I dont think you'd notice a massive difference between that and the 'most energy efficient fridge evaaar'.

  • chumbucket on 22/01/2017 - 10:00
    +1

    What is your reason for wanting a '10 star' fridge?
    If it is simply for the purpose of saving electricity costs then stick to a lower efficiency one. The additional cost of having something that efficient probably wouldnt justify the savings or your ROI. That being said, you may not end up with a ROI with the roughly 10 year life fridges are usually expected to have before replacement.

    Additionally, you'd be better off going for the actual consumption of the fridge rather than its star rating (also in the rating label).
    In terms of efficiency, its calculated by input power/output power. Therefore a super efficient fridge could still use more power than a less efficient fridge as it provides a larger cooling power.

    Pick whatever fridge you want, at the end of the day its consumption is most likely going to minimal for what you are using it for.

    Also, a good tip is to keep your fridge at least 3/4 full at all times. That way each time you open the door there is a lower volume of air that needs to be re-cooled, as opposed to cooling an entire fridge space each time you open the door.

    • Diji1 on 22/01/2017 - 10:57

      Nothing matters about anything, pick what what you feel like at the time, great advice!

      • chumbucket on 22/01/2017 - 11:21

        They're wise words passed down for generations. I may have also seen it on a fortune cookie one time.

    • Zachary on 22/01/2017 - 15:09

      Yes! :P

      Oh I see…..fair enough, also read that chest freezers are more efficient than the door opening ones as because when you open the door on, the cold air just sweeps right out, whereas with the chest one, when you slide or even open the cover, the cold stay as it's more dense than hot air and therefore doesn't really move unless you wave your hand in and out forcing the cold air to move out…

      So from that I should either find a chest fridge or turn a chest freezer into a fridge(and the best of both worlds as it can either be used as a freezer or a fridge!) by dialing up the temperature somehow…..which should be simply if they have a control thingy to alter temperature settings….

  • RockyRaccoon on 22/01/2017 - 12:11
    +1

    No such models as yet, This rating system is allowing for future improvements.

    To confirm, look here for the listings under the govt energy database of fridges

    http://reg.energyrating.gov.au/comparator/product_types/28/s…

    Also if you use the calculator on this website you will find a 2 door 350L Fridge and 175L Freezer will save $56 a year for a 10 Star vs a 5 star.

    But these are theoretical figures. Not something that currently is available now

    • Zachary on 22/01/2017 - 15:02

      Ah I see, so for fridges, there exists only up to 5 star energy efficiency and there are only a handful of them as well….all from the same brand(Electrolux) too, except one which is from MIDEA - but that's just a chest freezer(which is now currently unavailable anyways), I want a non-freezer unit(unless you can somehow turn a chest freezer into a normal fridge by scaling up the temperature to 3 or 4 degrees Celsius…?) The Electrolux ones also don't seem to do smaller sized fridges either according to their website…

      And what does the expiry date mean? Is that when the star rating is no longer effective and hence expired and they need to renew it by re-testing it to make sure or is just a license thing?

      Well even by saving $56 a year when running a 10 star vs. a 5 star unit, I can turn that savings into spare cash for something else(or just put it in the bank for extra interest on it) - after all, is that why I am not a member of this site; to find ways to save even the slightest of amounts? :P Ok that would just say I am a tightarse and cheap(but in the cheap of spending less for a quality product rather than cheap as in buying a crap quality unit and possibly spending more on it in the long run - oh wait no I think tightarse covers this definition, nevermind…ignore me cheap) too because I believe unless a deal is of significant discount, they're not really allowed posting here, right?

      • spackbace on 22/01/2017 - 15:17

        $56 a year saving would be difficult to claw back from the asking price that the good efficiency fridges command.

        Fridge would likely last 7yrs, so would need to be no more than $400 more expensive, which is highly unlikely.

        Just get a cheap bar fridge and deal with it. The maths will never add up in favour of an efficient but expensive fridge.

        I'm not looking for anything big, just smallish but big enough that I can store all my juices(them 2L even 5L bottles) and drinks(think soda can size)

        How many juices do you have at any 1 time?!

        • Zachary on 22/01/2017 - 17:48

          Fair enough…..mmm, perhaps I should…

          I usually stock up around….um five to 10 bottles………hahahaaha Of course I will send the ones that require refrigeration in the fridge whist the rest that don't require it, can be kept outside in the heat….and of course if I can keep it all in there, then I have instant access to nice cold and cool drinks after a certain time of day…like on a really hot sunny one!

          I found this: http://www.lowenergyrefrigeration.co.nz/11xle---130-lt.html - chest freezer, no idea if it has a temperature control that I can increase it to the point of turning the freezer into a fridge and vice versa when ever I feel like it….costs about $1325 according to the site….no idea if shipping and handling is free or not (hopefully it is! :P); but even so, the unit is slightly too big to fit in a spot that I would like it it to be in….. :(

          My spot measures about a maximum of 100cm by 60cm by 54cm, so anything that size or smaller is good for a chest freezer/fridge. ☺

          Hmmm, yeah I suppose something like this would work, except I'll need to not put in an area where it prevents the door from opening…..since this isn't a chest style fridge… Also note on that, it says 4 stars, but on that gov site, it says 3.5, so they are incorrect? Or just rounded up to the nearest whole number? Can they do that since all this is official? Oh it's discontinued anyways….

          Oooh, this looks about what I'm after as it fits in those dimension specifications….if only it was chest style freezer and had an adjustable temperature gauge……

          Hmm, looks like I would need one of these to control the temperature and thus turn a freezer into a fridge….unfortunately it would appear this is only for US and will not work for AUS power connection as we use 240V, not 120V….plus readings are in F and not C…….

  • StewBalls on 22/01/2017 - 15:30
    +1

    I want one that goes up to 11…

    • spackbace on 22/01/2017 - 15:36

      AC/DC brand?

      • StewBalls on 22/01/2017 - 15:38

        I'll need to add fusion damage to my home & contents policy though, just in case it's…….

        Thunderstruck! ;)

        • spackbace on 22/01/2017 - 15:39

          It's a long way to the top if you want a decent pun…!

        • AlienC on 06/03/2017 - 19:56

          @Spackbace: it's a long way to the top if you want a chiko roll

        • spackbace on 06/03/2017 - 20:02

          @AlienC:

          2 week old comment.. Wtf?

        • AlienC on 06/03/2017 - 20:03

          @Spackbace: I am a necromancer of the digital wastelands.. here me croak

  • shaybisc on 22/01/2017 - 19:29
    +1

    The most energy efficient fridge would be a chest fridge, because cold air goes down, but I don't think they make one so you would have to convert a chest freezer into a fridge.

    A fridge that takes only 0.1 kWh a day?

    Tom Chalko

    http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Conservation/chest_frid…

    • Zachary on 22/01/2017 - 19:43

      I read something like this, but from another site - so I would need, if you've read my previous comments above, something like this then? Unfortunately said external device does not support Australian power voltages and reading (ie degrees C instead of degrees F as they use over in the USA…)

    • AlienC on 06/03/2017 - 19:56

      My personal favourite source because Aussie yeah!

      https://mtbest.net/chest_fridge.html

  • Brucet on 22/01/2017 - 22:07

    10 star energy efficient fridges ?
    You may make one by yourself.

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