But not necessarily running the compressor. We once lived in a house built after the war, so it had minimal wiring circuits. Occasionally, the downstairs power circuit fuse would break, and we traced it to the 'fridge cycling on while something else in the kitchen was already on, such as the kettle or the toaster, along with a TV set in the living room, and a circulating fan or two. One of these items not being on was fine, but the last one coming on was too much, especially when it was the 'fridge. We had the house rewired with more circuits, the kitchen getting its own.