Arctic King ARB47B5 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
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.