ARCTIC CHEF ACFR325-C-BLACK-6COM: running cost
The ARCTIC CHEF ACFR325-C-BLACK-6COM is certified by ENERGY STAR at 220 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $41 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 ARCTIC CHEF ACFR325-C-BLACK-6COM compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43% less, ranking 729 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $31/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the ARCTIC CHEF ACFR325-C-BLACK-6COM on that list: ARCTIC CHEF ACFR325-C-BLACK ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Arctic King AFRM033AES ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 6 of ARCTIC CHEF's 9 certified refrigerators, this sits between the ACFR320-LIME-AMZ-6COM ($40/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ACFR551 ($64/yr, its priciest).
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 ARCTIC CHEF ACFR325-C-BLACK-6COM that long and it costs about $538 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$41/year to run is the predictable cost of the ARCTIC CHEF ACFR325-C-BLACK-6COM; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 220 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.