Dumb question from someone who knows nothing about electrics, sorry.
I have a rather neat pass-through device that plugs into a plug socket and displays on a little LCD screen the amount of power being consumed.
I currently have a fridge plugged into it. When the fridge is idling, the plug device shows 0w being consumed. When I open the door and the light comes on, it shows 18w. All good.
1. The label inside the fridge lists "Input W" as 185. Is that therefore the highest value that it should draw?
When the fridge is actively cooling (when I can hear it humming), the W on the plug device increase from 0 to 215 or so, and sometimes, the noise from the fridge cranks up further, and the W increase further to ~250.
2. Does that mean the fridge is faulty, or would you normally expect it to consume more than the quoted Input W?
I have a rather neat pass-through device that plugs into a plug socket and displays on a little LCD screen the amount of power being consumed.
I currently have a fridge plugged into it. When the fridge is idling, the plug device shows 0w being consumed. When I open the door and the light comes on, it shows 18w. All good.
1. The label inside the fridge lists "Input W" as 185. Is that therefore the highest value that it should draw?
When the fridge is actively cooling (when I can hear it humming), the W on the plug device increase from 0 to 215 or so, and sometimes, the noise from the fridge cranks up further, and the W increase further to ~250.
2. Does that mean the fridge is faulty, or would you normally expect it to consume more than the quoted Input W?