Amana ARTX2314T Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Amana ARTX2314T
Brand: Amana

What the Amana ARTX2314T costs to run

More expensive than most models in its category to run

$79/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the Amana ARTX2314T at 420 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.

$0.22per day

$6.58per month

420kWh per year, certified

$1,026over a 13-yr lifespan

Price it at your own rate instead

The $79 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Amana ARTX2314T against the category

That's 8.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,990 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 $6/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Avanti AFS157LSS ($79/yr, 420 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Amana ARTX2314T. Smeg FAB38Uxxx ($78/yr, 417 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Comparing Amana's own models

Amana makes 15 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 13 of 15 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the AMAR27S1E at $40/yr, and its priciest, the ARTX2419S at $87/yr.

Amana ARTX2314T over 13 years

Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Amana ARTX2314T costs roughly $1,026 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.

Is it worth replacing?

At $79/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Amana ARTX2314T or its replacement.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.

Protecting what you have

At $79/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

Sourcing

Ranked 2,990 of 4,704, the Amana ARTX2314T 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. The 420 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.