BANGSON US-BSR-102 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the BANGSON US-BSR-102 costs to run
At 218 kWh/yr, the BANGSON US-BSR-102's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
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 615 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-101A ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is BANGSON US-BSR-102-2 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr).
Comparing BANGSON's own models
BANGSON makes 53 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 26 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.
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-102 that long and it costs about $533 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The BANGSON US-BSR-102 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The BANGSON US-BSR-102 already costs $41/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
At rank 615 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. The 218 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.