The refrigerator is one of the appliances of household appliances, which operates around the clock. Therefore, when choosing this household appliance, it is worth paying attention to its power in order to know how much electricity it consumes.
Refrigerator power
The capacity of a refrigerator is the total amount of electricity that it consumes during its operation. This appliance consists of various kinds of heaters, fans, light bulbs and compressors.
The power of a domestic refrigerator is measured in kilowatts (kW). In order to find out the average value of the power of the device, it is necessary to determine how many kilowatts of electricity it consumes in one day. Thus obtained indicator is the most basic for determining the efficiency of the refrigerator.
An information sticker located, as a rule, on the external wall of the device or inside the camera can tell about the power consumption of the purchased refrigerator. This information must also be contained in the operating instructions for the domestic refrigerator.
The instructions usually indicate the average rated power of the refrigerator: 100 - 200 W / h and the maximum (which is fixed when the compressor is turned on) - about 300 watts. These capacities are necessary to maintain an internal temperature of 5 ° C at an external air temperature of 25 ° C.
The concept of maximum power consumption is indicated due to the fact that the compressor, which is responsible for pumping along the entire cooling circuit of freon, does not work continuously (unlike the refrigerator itself), but only after the signal from certain temperature sensors.
Some models of refrigerators have several compressors necessary to maintain the temperature in several chambers. In this regard, the actual energy consumption of a domestic refrigerator differs from the nominal values that are indicated in the instructions attached to the refrigerator.
