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[-] drathvedro@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Fridge uses 143W idle

The only thing running in idle is the timer and power led, which consume insignificant amounts of power. By my calculations, the average modern fridge does bursts of ~300W during compression and defrosting cycles, with ~40-50W consumption on average over long periods.

this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2024
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