[Amorphous02]

Dear Ima,
Check out the tip on freezers and electricity consumption in thriftyfun.com.
Lets do alittle math.
Q=mct ( physics, more like)
Q= energy/heat
m= mass
c= temp?
t= time?
So if your ice maker is large, then you can turn it off for 1 hour. Now you will ask: it will draw up more electricity to reach the temp on the thermostat, -14C... not true. size is inversely proportional to the time take to get to room temp.
So if you turned off the icemaker for 1 hr or 30 mins twice perday, you will have turned it off for 365 hrs. nearly 24 days, nearly 3 wks.
Of course they do stop drawing electricity, its an alternating cycle i hear. but still it saved a small grocery store owner $400/yr.