Originally Posted by
VladTepes
A mate of mine has posted this elsewhere:
Been running factory cover on my Waeco 65L DZ fridge for about 10days now. Gone from 220-250watts to 320-360watts/24hrs.
Temp is set -10'c
Very interesting result.
Does anyone know if the mesh on the vents on the Waeco covers impedes airflow to any significant extent?
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The quoted text from 'mate' is a bit ambiguous. It says been running the fridge with cover for 10 days. It says power has gone from 220-250W/day to 320-360W/day.
Is that 220-250W/day without cover? ... and 320-360W/day with cover?
Or does this mean after 10 days of operation with the cover(on all the time), the power consumption has increased suddenly without other notable changes?
Obviously with the cover on, the mesh will attract dust being exposed to the ambient environment, so flow will decrease through the fan.
But what about ambient environment? Has he gone from the freezing cold southern high country to warmer/tropical climate up north in those 10 days.
Is the comparison being made in a static environment? .. etc
No point chasing his tail if other things have changed in the meantime.
Other aspects that will affect power usage is how full is the fridge/freezer too.
Simple test is to run the fridge with cover off(if not already done) to see if power usage falls.
Arthur.
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