Comments on: Old Appliances Really Do Use More Electricity!

By: APS Offers $30 Rebate On Your Old Fridge

APS Offers $30 Rebate On Your Old Fridge — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:20:57 +0000

[...] in October 2009, I documented our discovery that old refrigerators and freezers do indeed cost much more to run than …. We found by replacing a very elderly refrigerator with a much newer model that we would go from [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:54:08 +0000

yes the newer machines use less energy. Usually they have a energy rating so it is a good idea to check that.

Look at the size of the freezer too. How big does it really have to be?

How much do you use it, especially in the colder months.

By: Meet Mrs. Accountability from Out of Debt Again! | Ultimate Money Blog- Save Green and Live Green!

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:02:34 +0000

[...] of 2008 we kept it at 81°F but we found that Big A kept getting heat rash under his arms so in the summer of 2009 we lowered it to 80°F. Interestingly what difference one degree makes. In May of 2008 we installed a programmable [...]

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Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:47:35 +0000

[...] Accountability at Out of Debt Again measured the energy consumed by some of her refrigerators and freezers (she seems to have several [...]

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:28:27 +0000

I'm pretty sure your older appliances are eligible for the current "Cash for Clunkers" appliance program. Check it out.

By: Welcome to the 86th Money Hacks Carnival (Platinum Edition)

Welcome to the 86th Money Hacks Carnival (Platinum Edition) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:38:56 +0000

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By: Mrs. Accountability

Mrs. Accountability — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:12:33 +0000

@Mrs. Money, "crazy" is a good word to describe it, lol!

By: Mrs. Money

Mrs. Money — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:21:32 +0000

Wow!! How crazy! I am shocked the one freezer costs $28.50 a month!