Arctic King ARB47B5***: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Arctic King ARB47B5*** at 333 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $63 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 13.7% less, ranking 2,209 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 $10/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 Arctic King ARB47B5***: Summit LRF15W ($62/yr, 332 kWh/yr), then Avanti AVFF146DLJ#** ($63/yr, 333 kWh/yr).
Within the Arctic King lineup
Of the 24 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Arctic King makes, the ARB47B5*** costs the most to run, $31/year more than Arctic King's cheapest, the AU83ETWBR1RCM.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $63/year, the Arctic King ARB47B5*** adds up to about $814 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $63/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
Whether or not the Arctic King ARB47B5*** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 2,209 of 4,704, the Arctic King ARB47B5*** 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.