Amana AMAR35S1E Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Amana AMAR35S1E
The Amana AMAR35S1E is certified by ENERGY STAR at 220 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Amana AMAR35S1E against the category
That's 43% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 727 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $31/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
ARCTIC CHEF ACFR325-C-BLACK ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Amana AMAR35S1E. VIKING VRUO5241DRSS ($41/yr, 219 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Amana makes 15 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 2 of 15 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the AMAR27S1E at $40/yr, and its priciest, the ARTX2419S at $87/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Amana AMAR35S1E that long and it costs about $538 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Amana AMAR35S1E is already efficient for its category at $41/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Amana AMAR35S1E ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 220 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 727 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.