June 2, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)
“How old is your current fridge?” It’s a good leading question that sales associates often use to point out fancy new features on new high-end models. But if you’re aiming to point out operating costs, a better question might be, “Do you know how much your old fridge is costing you?”
Most consumers don’t know that older fridges and freezers are expensive to run—in fact, they probably consume more energy than any other appliance in the home. A refrigerator or freezer manufactured before 1993 costs more than double to operate than a new ENERGY STAR qualified model; fridges and freezers from the 1970s cost four times more.Together, U.S. households have 44.5 million fridges over 10 years old. These inefficient refrigerators eat up a...Read More
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