BANGSON US-BSR-103 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
BANGSON US-BSR-103: running cost
At 218 kWh/yr, the BANGSON US-BSR-103's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
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-103 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43.5% less, ranking 618 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-103 on that list: BANGSON US-BSR-102A ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while BANGSON US-BSR-104 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 29 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-103 costs roughly $533 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The BANGSON US-BSR-103 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.
How this was checked
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.