Many people have an extra refrigerator in their garage and feel guilty about it. It is useful for storing extra food and drinks for parties and it didn’t cost anything because it was the old kitchen refrigerator. But it an electricity hog and is expensive to run. Somewhere between $240 and $300 per year.
After we gave our old garage refrigerator (pictures above) to Lillian I decided to look for a super efficient refrigerator designed for occasional use in garages. My little bit of research tells me that this is an entrepreneurial opportunity. Nobody is targeting this market (guilt free garage refrigerators) and the available products are not well advertised and promoted. I smell a money making opportunity.
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Should we feel guilty? I am not convinced. Last year I updated my home frig with a new energy efficient model as the old one was about 8 years old. The electric company picked up the old one and gave us $50. Now the interesting part! My electric bill should have been reduced right? Wrong! It actually increased. We have not added anything else to the home nor do we do anything different that I can tell yet my bill averages about $18 more per month. So I guess my question is has anyone really done a side by side test to see actual numbers and prove the efficiency or is this just another marketing tool?
Mark
Good point about the marketing tool. I see the possibility of a garage fridge that is super efficient as a way to make some money by assuaging some middle class guilt. No fridge is the best way to go but then the potato salad at the party might kill someone.