Saturday 29 April 2023

Ardnamurchan lighthouse and supermarket chillers

 The white spot in the middle of the picture is Ardnamurchan lighthouse seen from the Isle of Eigg. Two close flashes and then a long pause...

I found this claim on the chiller door of a supermarket

This article quotes a power of 72W. 72 Joules per second. The seconds in 26 years are 26 x 60 x 60 x 24 x 365.25 = 820 x 10^6 s. Multiplied by 72, you get 5.91 x 10^10 Joules saved. It is not clear whether this is for one unit of the chiller or not. 5.91 x 10^10 J divided by the number of seconds in a year gives 1.9kW of saving.