Cooling fridge - which is cheaper Electric or LPG

[VXman]

So, I need to cool the fridge on my drive prior to a trip.

LPG @99p per litre Fridge consumption 468g in 24 hours
Mains electric @ £0.225 per kwh power consumption - 240W

I could probably work it out but I'm not totally confident in my maths and electric understanding.

Appreciate some other input.

 

[Richard n Ann]

I don't agree.

I helped remove an Electrolux absorption fridge last year that was bought in 1973 and they had the receipt to prove it. It was still working but they were having a new kitchen so treated themselves to a new Beko fridge that has had to be replaced twice! No moving parts in an absorption fridge.

They don't make em like they used to I remember seeing some York condensing units in Nottingham coop plant rooms back in the 90s that were decades old and with the original compressor

 

[Guigsy]

Either way, My wife says (and always right), that the fridge freezer is far more efficient on LPL, than on Electricity. Full Stop

More effective isn't the same as more efficient.

 

[B-JandBella]

The way I see it is, if your on EHU or at home, put it on electric. Save your gas.
Question: Do you turn your fridge in the house off when you're away?
Answer: NO.
So why do it in the MH?

So it's always better to leave your MH fridge on at all times as this will save any problems when you go away.
Yes, it will be constantly running but I turn mine down to the lowest setting, and knowing that it will not let me
down when I have to chill my Guinness cans which are already loaded!

Happy days

 

[B-JandBella]

I fill my freezer with pre frozen ready meals either home cooked or bought. It certainly will help to reduce the cooling costs whichever source you use.

Hey Steve
You're on my wavelength.
We always take homemade readymeals in the freezer and fridge 'cos you never know where you are going to end up!
Real nightmare if there's no "chippy" or dirty kebab man near by.

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[B-JandBella]

I was brought up to believe every penny counts. It's ruled my life ever since and to be fair has done me well.

In my previous life, I won the lottery of millions.
Now, I'm very poor and really do know it!

So yes, look after the pennies, and the pounds will be looked after by the government.

 

[Guigsy]

The way I see it is, if your on EHU or at home, put it on electric. Save your gas.
Question: Do you turn your fridge in the house off when you're away?
Answer: NO.
So why do it in the MH?

So it's always better to leave your MH fridge on at all times as this will save any problems when you go away.
Yes, it will be constantly running but I turn mine down to the lowest setting, and knowing that it will not let me
down when I have to chill my Guinness cans which are already loaded!

Happy days

Because 3 way fridges on mains use several times more electric than a domestic compressor fridge. I'm all for convenience, but that's very wasteful.

 

[gus-lopez]

the fridge freezer is far more efficient on LPL, than on Electricity.

as is mine

Do you turn your fridge in the house off when you're away?

Yes ,& one of the freezers. & the water,& the irrigation water & the gas