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Re: How efficient is my old freezer or how do I tell?

I’ve noticed newer freezers have thicker, more effective insulation. You could save some money by insulating the existing freezer, with some insulating foam boards. Of course if you have to pay for them you’d have to weigh that up! NB: avoid covering the compressor area.

You could also consider whether you really need a huge chest freezer 🙂

I’ve used a plug-in power meter from Maplin that works well, it gives you a kWh (or “units”) used since plugged in, so you can see how much an appliance is using per day.

For the rest of the house, old appliances can have high stand-by loads, so switching them off can be worthwhile. Re-arranging extension leads to make it easier can help there, e.g. I have one switch for the whole TV/dvd set up.

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Re: Bosch fridge freezer problems

No answers? This must be a tricky one! Or am I the first to post with this type of fridge?

Update: I’ve checked the thermistors work, there are 2 and the resistance decreases as the fridge, the freezer, warm up. One started at 16kohm cold (presumably freezer) and one at 10kohm cold (presumably fridge). Both reached about 9kohm on warming.
There’s also two wires, blue and red, connected to something else which is open circuit. Could this be a “defrost switch”?

The symptoms continue to be that the fridge gets too warm, 12C when set to 4C. The freezer is cooled and controlled only when the fridge is running (it says so in the manual) and is warming to -10C.

Please does anyone have access to service info for this model?

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