SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC 

$am$ung QA Lab 

19 Chapin Road BUilding 0 

Pine Brook NJ 07058 

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December I I, 201 2 

Dr. David Dani elson 

Energy Elliciellcy and Renewable Energy 

Department o f Energy 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 

Washi ngton, DC 20585 

Dear Assistant Secretary Dan ielson: 

Samsung Electronics America, Inc, (,'Sam sung"') respectfull y submits this Application 

tix Interim Wai ver and Petition for Wai ve r to the Department of Energy ("DOE" or "the 

Deparllllelll" ) regards to Samsung's compressor rcfi'igerator-li'eezers with multi ple defrost 

cycles. 

I a eFR Part 430.27(a)(I ) allows a person to submit a petition to wa ive ror a particular 

basic model any requireme nts of §430.23 upon the grounds thatthc basic model contains one or 

1110re design chamcteristics whi ch either prevent testing o r tbe basic model according to the 

presc ri bed lest procedures, or the presc ribed test procedures may evalua te the basic model in a 

manner so unrepresentative o f its true energy consumption characteristics as to provide 

materi all y inaccurate comparati ve data. 

Current test procedures as prescribed in Appendi x A 1 to Subpm1 \3 o r Part 430 

("A ppendi x A ]"") do not adequately provide a way t'o r Sam sun g to accurately reprcscntlhc 

cncrgy consumption of its refri ge rator-freezers with multiple defrost cycles, DOE concurred with 

Samsung's unde rstandin g in the interim waiver granted to Smnsllng in 76 FR 167601 and 

subsequentl y granted the wa iver on January 10,201 2 (77 FR 1474), Additionally. DO E 

cn ll1l1lllni c~l d that all nlll ct llr s planning on marketing crr ge ral rrcczc s wi th multiple 

defrost cycles must seck a wai ver from thc DcpartlllCnl. 2 

1 DOE url{kr~I!lllds. hn\It\'<.:r. Ihal ah~cl11 all in1<.:rim wail'<.:r. S,lIl1sung's prodlle ~ would 11111 be aenmllcly lC~1<.:d am) ralcd ',Ir 

cncfg~ C(Hl~Ulllplion Iwc;HI~e Ihe currcnl cnng) lesl proc..::dure does !lUI includ..:: I"::SI procedures r,)r producls wilh multiple dl'1 ro~1 

e}.:Ic I)p~· . 

2 I inlil Ihe~c lIlIendl11cnl ~ arc required in conjuncliun II ilh the 2()1 ,I Iimdard s, manufacturers inlr(lducing producls <':(Iuippcd II ilh 

I1lUl1ipk ddr') 1 e)ck Iypes huuld, cOI1~ cn t with 10 ('FI{ 4311.27. petition lor a wain'r since tl1l' IIH)uitied ..::r ioll "r Appendix 

1\ I SCI OUI in \(lda y'~ lUll icc "ill 1101 include a specifkd mClhod for eapll1ring lhi ~ energy lI~agc. 
For the reasons that DOE descri bed in its granting of wa iver (77 FR 14 74) for Sam sung 

re fri ge rator freezers \vith mul tiple defrost cycles. Samsll ng believes tllat the granting o r 1 nterirn 

Wai ve r and Wai ver for h~ Illodels listed be low arc warranted. 

Ill'(IUl'sl 

Samstlllg requests tha t the alternat e test procedure for refrigerators with mul tiple defrost 

cycles. as prescribed in the wa iver (77 FR 1474) and in the interi m wa iver (77 Fll 13 109) 

gran ted to Sam sung. be gran ted ror the fo llowing basic Samsll ng refri ge rator-freezers wi th 

111ul tipl c de li·ost cyc les Illode ls: 

RF31 FM'S I3 " 

RF3 1 Fl\11* DI3** 

RF24 FS'I)I3" 

Pl ease Iccl free to contact 111C if yoll have any questions regardi ng this Petition for Waiver 

and Application IClf Interim Waiver. [ will be happy to discuss should an y questions arise. 

Since rely. 

Michae l Moss 

Director of Corpomtc Envi romlleillal Aflai rs