Amana AMAR43E Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Amana AMAR43E: running cost
The Amana AMAR43E is certified by ENERGY STAR at 228 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $43 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 40.9% less, ranking 862 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $30/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Amana AMAR43E: Amana AMA43BKE ($43/yr, 228 kWh/yr), then Avanti RM4406W ($43/yr, 228 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 4 of Amana's 15 certified refrigerators, this sits between the AMAR27S1E ($40/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ARTX2419S ($87/yr, its priciest).
Amana AMAR43E over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Amana AMAR43E that long and it costs about $557 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $43/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
At $43/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 228 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 862 of 4,704, the Amana AMAR43E sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.