SA-96-07-3 -- Experimental Results of a Household Automatic Icemaker in a Refrigerator/Freezer

Investigates the effect of icemaker operation on refrigerator power consumption. Describes the performance test results of an automatic icemaker refrigerator under various modes of icemaker operation. The tests were conducted on a 20ft3 (0.566m3) household refrigerator that had a single forced-convection evaporator and was charged with R12. Three different types of tests were conducted, depending upon the icemaker's operating mode. In the first test type, the baseline, the automatic icemaker was turned off and no ice was made. In the second type, the ice-making mode (test A), the icemaker was turned on and ice was continuously made. In the third test type, the failure mode (test B), the water supply was manually disconnected but the icemaker was left turned on.

KEYWORDS: year 1996, experiment, domestic, refrigerators, freezers, ice makers, performance, energy consumption, testing, measuring