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I am not sure where this question should go so feel free to move it.
We are thinking about getting a small (9.7 cu. ft.) fridge to go in our laundry room but we are concerned about plugging it into the same outlet that is dedicated for the washer. The dryer is on a separate circuit. I know some people have an extra fridge in their garage but ours gets so hot during the summer (it faces west) that I think it would make it work too hard. My husband read that a dorm size fridge (2 cu.ft) pulls the same amps as a light bulb so he doesn't think that a 9.7 cu. ft. fridge would overload the circuit. If you have an extra fridge, where do you keep it and have you had any problems with it?
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We have a full size fridge (no freezer) and a full size freezer that we keep in our garage. They are on the same circuit as our inside fridge and a few small appliances. Occasionally on a busy morning with lots of things going, this circuit will overload. For the most part, though, it's not a problem.
We got the fridge years ago at Sears for less than half of what we would have paid for a fridge/freezer combo. It is as plain as can be but it was a great investment! We stock it when we go to Costco and it saves on frequent trips to the store.
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We have a 14 cu ft. freezer, a full-size frig/freezer and the washing machine on one circuit in our laundry room (large detached wash house). It is fine. The only time I've noticed a surge is the one time I tried to plug the iron into an outlet on the same circuit. An iron seems to pull a lot of electricity!
Anyhow, all our appliances are 8 years old or younger and our electrical system was update 5 or 6 years ago. I don't think I'd want to put a much older appliance on the same circuit, but the new Star Energy compliant appliances should be okay.
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check the particular fridge's draw on the outlet and check the washer and check the circuit to see what it can handle. There's no way to guess if it can or can't without knowing those things. My guess is that it could handle it because the electric pull of the washing isn't heavy like the dryer (and why it has a seperate plug)
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We put our freezer in the garage. If you are concerned about losing power to your fridge/freezer, this might help
Apparently, the wiring in the house is a little kerflukey, so when I was hosing down the front door, the outlet next to the door got wet and it shut off power to the outlet the freezer was plugged into. We didn't know it, and we lost everything in the freezer. This thing is nice, because as soon as you lose power to the appliance its plugged into, an alarm sounds, and a timer starts, so you know how long the power has been off.
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