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Amana AMA43RE Running Cost (Refrigerator)

What the Amana AMA43RE costs to run

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$50/year at the national-average rate

At 268 kWh/yr, the Amana AMA43RE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.

$0.14per day
$4.20per month
268kWh per year, certified
$655over a 13-yr lifespan

That $50 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.

How the Amana AMA43RE compares to other refrigerators

Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 30.6% less, ranking 1,378 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $22/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.

Neighbouring models

Right next to the Amana AMA43RE on that list: XO XOU24BCGOA ($50/yr, 267 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while BLAZE BLZ-SSRF126 ($50/yr, 268 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.

Same brand, different models

Ranked 5 of Amana's 15 certified refrigerators, this sits between the AMAR27S1E ($40/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ARTX2419S ($87/yr, its priciest).

What this adds up to over time

13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $50/year, the Amana AMA43RE adds up to about $655 in electricity over that span.

Shopping for a new one

Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $50/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.

If you're keeping it

The Amana AMA43RE already costs $50/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

How this was checked

At rank 1,378 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 268 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.