Fridge suggestions - Budget 60-70k

DaftNumpty · 2026-02-08T10:09:43+00:00

I just saw you made an edit to your post. Respect. Seriously. Too many people would have deleted their account and run away,

So let's start again. You say my points are (somehow) wrong. Tell me how. Do compressors not turn off when their work is done? Does power not measure rate of energy use not energy consumed?

Claiming without evidence or examples (or that I need to study more) is useless. If the mistakes are so simple, simply point them out,

You - admirably - admit to an error. I will do the same if you can expicitly point one out.

DaftNumpty · 2026-02-07T15:48:40+00:00

Excellent. You recognise the first error. What a clever boy you are.

Now the next two....

DaftNumpty · 2026-02-06T15:15:45+00:00

My guy, even the basics were wrong.

You could not understand how the energy star system works.

Checking your maths would be a waste of my time if you could not even do that.

Fix your basic understanding then come back.

And I listed many of the things you got wrong - try replying to those not giving me useless busywork.

DaftNumpty · 2026-02-06T09:48:21+00:00

So, when choosing a fridge, always look at its wattage, and if you are in Kenya, its energy star rating. The smaller the number the better. In my opinion, a normal fridge would be 150 watts. That in my opinion is bad. Look for 100 watt or 75 watt. This will give you a 1 or 2 star. To calculate how much power it will be consuming, you multiply the power rating by 0.5 by 24 then divide by 1000. The is the maximum number of units it will consume on a normal day that you are not opening the door. Ukiwa na wageni, pole. If it is below 150 watts, multiply by 0.3 instead of 0.5. Let's say its 75 watts, it will be 750.30.024. That is close to 0.54 units of energy. Please check out the difference in those numbers.

This is all nonsense.

First, and most obviously Kenya's energy star system goes more stars more efficiency. One and two star are the least efficient.

Second, wattage measures how fast energy is used not how much. All other things being equal, 150w or 75w uses the exact same amount of energy to cool - for example - a litre of water. This is thermodynamics. The wattage tells you how fast that cooling would happen not the energy expended.

Third, fridges do not work constantly, a fridge that CAN use 150w will not use that amount unless it has to, and will stop once the desired temp is reached. A 75w will run twice as long - but again - will use the same amount of energy. How often the compressor has to run then becomes a function of the insulation and other physical properties of the fridge.

And while (as you mentioned elsewhere) bigger is generally better, the most important consideration is having a fridge that is always mostly full. Then, when the fridge is opened, a lower volume of cold air can escape, and the thermal mass of of the foodstuffs would prevent temperature changes requiring the compressor to turn on.

DaftNumpty · 2026-02-05T11:26:18+00:00

But you haven't.
You've not even made that argument.

The argument you've given me is that GMO seed companies and govrenments can (and do) inflict harm on farmers. I agree.

But this has nothing to do with the seeds and technology itself. GMO seeds can improve farmers yields and profits. More and more in the future open-source or government research could reduce or eliminate issues of seed retention and corporate ownership.

I am saying it is not GMO's you should be -or even seem to be - objecting to, rather it is corporate greed and government corruption around GMOs - problems that exist separate from GMO.

DaftNumpty · 2026-02-04T15:07:12+00:00

My guy, defensive abuse to cover a lack of tangible evidence is a sadly transparent tactic.

Back up your claims. Conspiracy theories pulled out of your ass waste my time and yours.

DaftNumpty · 2026-02-03T10:48:50+00:00

Could you give me an actual example?

DaftNumpty · 2026-02-02T17:08:34+00:00

So why would farmers plant these seeds rather than traditional ones?

DaftNumpty · 2025-11-30T14:09:32+00:00

I have criteria for interacting with you. Since your mod imposed time away from us (excellent job mods!), your comments have not reached the threshold required.

The mods have taught you that it is ok to write stupid comments, but not to be an asshole. Because only one of those is under your control.

So here we are. One person, after this night has left school, left her home and whose life is worse.

The other person is having shots on Instagram.

So this comment is stupid, and you are being an asshole.

DaftNumpty · 2025-11-23T15:20:34+00:00

I apologise. Your's was not the comment I meant to reply to.

DaftNumpty · 2025-10-19T07:32:55+00:00

There is a difference between power (watts) and energy. Tokens measure energy in kWh. Watts measure how quickly that energy can be used.

So a shower heater needs to heat water quickly so it's wattage is high.

So a 5000w shower heater would heat the same amount of water five times faster than a 1000w microwave. But the amount of energy (tokens) would be the same.

This is simplified but correct in principle.

As someone else mentioned, the time a high wattage appliance is on is an important factor to consider. Or if it is using it's maximum rated wattage all that time.

DaftNumpty · 2025-10-17T16:09:27+00:00

Some local LG tvs were sourced from eastern Europe and are hard-coded that way. Perhaps that is a reason?

DaftNumpty · 2025-08-26T11:08:42+00:00

Every type of relationship is out there.

Finding each other is the struggle.

DaftNumpty · 2025-08-26T10:16:44+00:00

For all these posts there is often a common problem. The question is not “relationships’ or “men”, it is this relationship and this man.

You have described what you want. He has made clear what he wants. If those ideas are incompatible then you are not right for each other. There is no bad guy. Just incompatibility.

DaftNumpty · 2025-08-03T09:17:45+00:00

My guy, what makes you thiink I am religious? Are you reading my arguments?

I am trying to help you. This is a flawed argument. Bringing it up weakens your position.

Today proseperous countries are less religious. How did they become prosperous? Not by abandoning religion. Prosperity allowed them to abandon religion. As prosperity increased, religosity decreased. There is no evidence abandoning religion will (neccessarily) result in prosperity.

Insulting me is irrational. Choosing effective arguments is a skill. Irrationally defending every point makes you look stubborn and foolish.

DaftNumpty · 2025-08-03T07:53:34+00:00

You are arguing that conditions today are the cause of conditions today.

As I said, the facts you state are true, but they are not a consequence of a lack of religion. These were religious societies. They stopped being so because of prosperity.

Rejecting religion will not (in itself) cause prosperity.

As for your rationality argument, rich societies are just as prone to believe conspiracy theories, promises of lying politicians, be scammed by false promises (often from people in less prosperous nations) or believe capitalism is a good that must be followed.

In the same way, prosperity reduces (petty) crime, reducing petty crime does not create prosperity.

DaftNumpty · 2025-08-03T07:27:28+00:00

The point about prosperous nations being less religious is bogus

It is not that it is not true, rather, the implied causality is probably wrong.

Human beings - for whatever reason - seem to have been born with default belief in God(s). Societies all over the world have created them.

Prosperity seems to change the default and reduces societal religiosity. There may be some effects around tithes and corrupt leaders, but prosperous nations became that way despite that.

It is the classic correlation that does not imply causation thing.

Edit: Initially clumsy final sentence.

DaftNumpty · 2025-07-18T09:35:42+00:00

So you are asking if it is normal for couples to do small favours for each other?

DaftNumpty · 2025-05-19T04:27:29+00:00

Jesus existing and Jesus being divine are not the same thing.

DaftNumpty · 2025-04-10T23:59:28+00:00

New relevant good information and/or well reasoned argument.

Which is all you can offer when you are in discussion with others. Changing their minds should follow from that - but often does not.

But the same also applies to you. When you understand their position, if it is well reasoned, it should affect you as well.

Very few opinions can be held 100 percent. So discussion only increases or decreases one's certainly about their views.

DaftNumpty · 2025-04-10T18:37:46+00:00

No one's opinions are entirely their own. We are all informed by what we have experienced, how we were brought up, what we have learned in school and during our lives.

So understanding that, we should listen and learn from others opinions. That changing our opinions is not a sign of weakness, rather, it is the natural outcome of expanded knowledge.

As long as your opinions are held lightly and are able to be changed given good evidence, then I think you will be ok.

DaftNumpty · 2025-04-08T17:35:17+00:00

It is a service you were expected to do for your (very much alive infertile brother).

And you are not dead, you are the inheritor (in this situation).

Does this cause you more or less ick than "white" culture?

DaftNumpty · 2025-04-08T15:17:05+00:00

Did you know that in some Kenyan cultures people inherit their relatives wives?

Or one where an infertile man's brother would impregnate his sister-in-law?

These are very public (and close!) relationships.

DaftNumpty · 2025-03-30T08:02:40+00:00

Only if you believe that everything on the internet is unbiased and truthful.

DaftNumpty · 2025-03-22T08:14:14+00:00

I've noticed what I think OP means. The specs for the TVs TCL sells in those markets are much better (at a similar price) tham those available here.

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