BANGSON US-BSR-008 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the BANGSON US-BSR-008
The BANGSON US-BSR-008 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 206 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $39 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 46.6% less, ranking 331 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 $34/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 BANGSON US-BSR-008: BANGSON US-BSR-007A ($39/yr, 206 kWh/yr), then BANGSON US-BSR-008-1 ($39/yr, 206 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 10 of BANGSON's 53 certified refrigerators, this sits between the US-BSR-003 ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the US-BSR-309 ($61/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the BANGSON US-BSR-008 costs roughly $503 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $39/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
The BANGSON US-BSR-008 already costs $39/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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 331 of 4,704, the BANGSON US-BSR-008 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.