Running cost for the BANGSON US-BSR-100A
The BANGSON US-BSR-100A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 218 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $41 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.
How the BANGSON US-BSR-100A compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43.5% less, ranking 609 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $32/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the BANGSON US-BSR-100A on that list: BANGSON US-BSR-100-3 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while BANGSON US-BSR-101 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the BANGSON lineup
Ranked 20 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the BANGSON US-BSR-100A that long and it costs about $533 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/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
$41/year to run is the predictable cost of the BANGSON US-BSR-100A; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Ranked 609 of 4,704, the BANGSON US-BSR-100A 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. The 218 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.