System Update (and a wee question): Outback - Trojan RE's

Hello everybody.  Apologies, I have been off the forum over the past 10 months.  It's been crazy busy with work and travel.  So I thought I'd give a system update. 

I am still very happy with my all Outback (Flexpower) system.  My Trojan RE-B's also seem to be doing fine.  They are 4 years old now.  My system has been running pretty much clockwork.  I top off the 8 batteries with about 1 to 1.5 liters of water a month.  They seem to be just a touch thirstier with age.

The only item that I'm not as happy with is my 10 year old fridge/freezer.  When I went solar in 2012/3 I kill-a-watt measured it at 1.35Kwh/day.  Now it is a touch over 2.0KwH/day.  I notice that I now experience 40-45% Battery Depth of Discharge (DOD) overnight (I used to only drop  25%-35% initially - plus I was using the Outback Search feature).  If you look at the Trojan lifetime cycle chart this 10% depth-of-discharge drop translates to approx 750 less cycles.  So, since getting batteries to me is a big pain I am a little concerned. 

I don't want to get a new fridge just yet.  Maybe this summer.  What do you think about the following in the interim:

I have a digital timer and can program my fridge to cut off between 4am and 6:30am.  Sunrise varies between 6:15 and 6:30am here.  I realize all the issues about keeping the fridge cold enough to avoid food going bad, so I will measure the temps and see how it goes.

Anyway, just a thought.  Mainly I wanted to say that I am still here and doing OK.
Cheers,
Surfpath