BANGSON US-BSR-100-1 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
BANGSON US-BSR-100-1: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the BANGSON US-BSR-100-1 at 218 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 43.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 606 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $32/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is BANGSON US-BSR-100 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is BANGSON US-BSR-100-2 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr).
Within the BANGSON lineup
BANGSON makes 53 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 17 of 53 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the US-BSR-003 at $39/yr, and its priciest, the US-BSR-309 at $61/yr.
BANGSON US-BSR-100-1 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the BANGSON US-BSR-100-1 that long and it costs about $533 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The BANGSON US-BSR-100-1 is already efficient for its category at $41/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the BANGSON US-BSR-100-1 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 606 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.