Guys,

What's the energy usage like for say 500L fridge? Was considering whether or not I should change mine. My current one from more than 10 years ago using about 3kwh per day.

I'm trying to buy online. I can't find the figures on manufacturer website. I'm thinking to get a rough estimates to see whether it's worth getting a fridge.

Thanks bro... That should be sufficient. I guess I'm well over since I think my current fridge will go over 100kwh per month. Better dump it.

Went to JH Home today to survey fridge since it;s nearby. Apparently side-by-side fridge dont have energy rating. I guess I have to monitor my mom's fridge to see if it's worth it.

Surprisingly a Hitachi 565L 2 door top freezer rated at 340kWh annually. To think that my old fridge is doing 4kWh per day is absurd. Also managed to peek at aircond and get a nasty surprise. A R410a inverter ac energy rating almost double the power of a R32 inverter ac. No wonder my son room Samsung windfree only recorded usage between 1.7-2.3kWh per day while my old Samsung triangle inverter record at least 5-6kWh.

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Nov 9 2022, 04:04 PM

My Samsung triangle from 10 8 years ago still works...

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Nov 10 2022, 08:01 PM

Inverter

Update:
Recalculated.. perhaps not 10 years but around 8

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Nov 10 2022, 08:01 PM

Well, I went against the flow and ordered a Hisense RQ568N4AWU from Onking for RM2,399. Their shop wont match the price offered online saying different department. My cousin intro me Haier IM525 but cost RM3k. I'm gonna give it a try and see how it fares after a couple of years. I dont cook much thus only using it to store cakes, drinks, milk, ice-cream and also nuggets etc.

Anyway, fridges looks almost the same across the board, it's hard to choose. I did shortlist a few namely Sharp and Hitachi 4 doors, both also around RM3k (Sharp got offer price since SIL work there). Was interested with the Hitachi because my mom 4 doors from 7 or 8 years ago still working fine and consume just 2.5kwh/day but saw a fella posted this freezer (I shortlisted) have ice buildup so gave up. Sharp also taken over by Foxconn.

I also tried to google about different compressor and found out that Hitachi already transfer their compressor factory in Thai to Midea in 2020 while Panasonic closed down its compressor factory in Singapore and now makes them in Melaka. I think judging from the similarities with all these fridge, chances are many of them are OEM now.

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Nov 13 2022, 12:01 AM

Onking is really fast, received my fridge.

Just powered on after 4hours wait (delivery guy told me 2hours). I'm so glad to find the power consumption is much better than my old fridge. Old fridge at 170-200w, now just at half before inverter even kicked in.

Remove the graph while waiting for power draw curve to stabilize. Maxing out at 150w. Probably cooling just started.

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Nov 14 2022, 06:49 PM

I just happened to have the meter changed last week. The old one (black) already 35 years so I would say it is inaccurate. I also had a couple Tapo P110 with energy monitoring. The old one just sap too much (4.5Kwh daily) which prompt me to purchase a new one after measuring my mom 8 years old inverter fridge using just 2.7kwh daily.

I think the fridge finally cool down. Kinda satisfied with the power draw. It has been a miserable week without fridge.

Tapo P110

Just bought a RQ568 4 doors for RM2,399 during 11.11 sales.

I only used it for ice cream, cakes, drinks, steamboat cold ingredients, milk etc.

Energy consumption is pretty good. Daily about 1.2-1.4kwh.

My mom is using a 8 years old hitachi 4 doors and I also did a check on her fridge (not sure the series, probably 700l or so). Her fridge used 1.7kwh per day and her fridge get open more frequent because she cooks.



This post has been edited by andrekua2: Nov 26 2022, 09:26 PM

You sure Hitachi still make fridge compressor?

https://www.coolingpost.com/world-news/hita...iness-to-midea/

This post has been edited by andrekua2: Nov 26 2022, 11:29 PM

Tapo P110

I think SBS easier to find things. I also bought french door, and coming from conventional 2doors, man, it does feel annoying when you kinda have to switch between left and right door. So you need to place things on either left or right side for easier access. Worse is when you placed them in the center and you kinda had to open the door wider in order to reach it.

Aiya, still discriminate based on country ah...come on la... Even iPhone is made in China.

Why is it that you're okay with Sharp (bought by Foxconn) but not okay with Toshiba (bought over by Midea)?

Well, I dont actually hate these "Japanese" brands but I think the premium for these brands are not worthy sometimes. Unless you can find them during warehouse sale for much much cheaper, otherwise I would rather buy a heavily discounted China branded appliances and replaced them in 4-5 years time (since some brands actually came with 3 years warranty compared to 1 year for Japanese branded) instead of relying on the reputation of Japanese engineered products and hope they last a decade.

Which means people are not willing to repair them???? Or his dad lacked the know-how or parts to fixed these electronics filled fridges?

Recently I was given an old Elba fridge that was not working. So I google and pinpoint the fault down to the compressor with a faulty relay. Strange thing is the Elba fridge had a LG compressor. When I went to parts shop, they told me parts for LG need to quote and waiting time could take up to a month. After some thinking, went to nearby service center for Elba brand and they blasted me for saying it has a LG compressor and it was impossible. Finally managed to locate another parts shop and found a compatible relay for just RM9. Took the chance and got the fridge working again.

Well, if there is one thing I disliked about buying from shopee and lazada is the delivery fees. Only very few of them offer free shipping.

This price can buy a 700L Sharp french door at Onking year end sale (that I just went to) with some change for groceries. French door dont have star rating but judging from my mom and my fridge, I would say it's comparable.