BANGSON US-BSR-100-3: running cost
The BANGSON US-BSR-100-3 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 218 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
BANGSON US-BSR-100-3 against the category
That's 43.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 608 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $32/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
BANGSON US-BSR-100A ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the BANGSON US-BSR-100-3. BANGSON US-BSR-100-2 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the BANGSON lineup
BANGSON makes 53 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 19 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.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $41/year, the BANGSON US-BSR-100-3 adds up to about $533 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The BANGSON US-BSR-100-3 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
At $41/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 218 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.