HC Deb 08 October 1946 vol 427 c27W
Mr. Collins

asked the Minister of Supply if he is aware that refrigerators which depend for their action on a heating unit consume three times as much electricity as the compressor type; and what steps he is taking in the interests of fuel economy to encourage the manufacture of compressor-type refrigerators.

Mr. Woodburn

Only a very small proportion of refrigerators now being produced depend for their action on a heating unit. The remainder employ the motorised compressor system.

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