Despite the fact that electricity prices in the post-Soviet space are not as high as in Europe, more and more people think about such an important characteristic as the energy class when buying household appliances. This metric is displayed as a letter scale from A (highest grade) to G (highest
"Gluttonous"), with the corresponding color matching. So, classes A and B as economical are indicated by green, middle C, D, E by yellow shades of different intensities, and the most inefficient F and G by red.
In recent years, not only buyers, but also manufacturers have begun to pay more attention to this parameter. This is especially true for equipment that works around the clock, for example, refrigerators. These units are included 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and work without holidays and weekends. Therefore, not even the biggest energy savings per hour per year can be a pretty decent figure. And thanks to the use of the most advanced technologies, this indicator was reduced at times. Units appeared that have indicators much lower than class A. Today you can find the energy class of refrigerators A +, A ++ and even A +++. To make it clearer, we give the numbers. On average, the refrigerator consumes 34-45 W / hour, the A ++ unit - about 16 W / hour, and G - 102 W / hour. These are not the minimum and maximum values, but averaged ones. The power consumption actually depends on several parameters, including the frequency of opening the door, the number of loaded products, the temperature "overboard" and the size of the refrigerators.
The combination of all factors gives the value of the actual energy consumption.
The energy class of refrigerators must also be taken into account because serious brands are involved in this problem, which they can afford to carry out development in this direction. Because there is a certain guarantee of high quality products. In addition, a high class of energy consumption is characteristic of technology of the “elite” level, that is, by definition, high-quality and advanced. If you want just this, then look for a device that has a high or very high energy class. Refrigerators with such characteristics are not so few.
Brands of refrigerators
Belorussian Atlantes have proven themselves in the market (Atlant 6325-101, Atlant 4011-100, Atlant 6125-180). Samsung's units (Samsung RL-58 GQGIH, Samsung RB-29 FERNCSS, Samsung RS-7778 FHCSL) also often overtake. German refrigerators from Bosch (Bosch KGN39XI40, Bosch KIF42P60, Bosch KGE36AL40) have always been famous for their reliability and reliability, well, as for German economy, we have all heard it a long time ago. LG does not lose ground (LG GA-B489 TGDF, LG GS-9167 AEJZ, LG GR-F499 BNKZ), they always find their owners. There are also adherents of Hotpoint-Ariston, Whirpool, Ardo, Zanussi. All these units have class A, A +, A ++ and A +++, a fairly large number of different service functions.
It is worth noting that the production of equipment having a low energy consumption class is prohibited in some European countries. In addition to the fact that it is not economically feasible, it also means the irrational use of natural resources, which is quite significant in the entire civilized world.
Based on the foregoing, we conclude that the energy class of refrigerators must be taken into account when choosing a new unit.