"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2013-11-30, gregz > wrote:
>> be 2 amps, startup, less than 10 amps. The trick part is defrost. Older
>> fridges might be about 12-13 amps. Newer ones seem to be using less
>> heater
>> power, some about 1000 watts.
>
> ????
>
> I've resurrected a couple older fridges. No heater. Defrost was
> little fan motor not much bigger than a computer muffin fan, which
> turned on fer 1/2 hr every day while refrigeration system was
> completely shut off. Certainly nothing the took even .5A. What are
> you talking about? Commercial walk-ins?
>
> nb

I have seen home fridges with heater defrost. I thought that was the norm.