Arctic King ARM44O5A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Arctic King ARM44O5A: running cost
The Arctic King ARM44O5A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 269 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $51 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 30.3% less, ranking 1,400 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 $22/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 ARM44O5A: Whirlpool WH43RS2E ($50/yr, 268 kWh/yr), then Arctic King MS953619315306 ($51/yr, 269 kWh/yr).
Within the Arctic King lineup
Ranked 16 of Arctic King's 24 certified refrigerators, this sits between the AU83ETWBR1RCM ($31/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ARB47B5 ($63/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Arctic King ARM44O5A costs roughly $657 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $51/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 ARM44O5A 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 1,400 of 4,704, the Arctic King ARM44O5A 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.