BANGSON US-BSR-104 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the BANGSON US-BSR-104
ENERGY STAR certifies the BANGSON US-BSR-104 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.
BANGSON US-BSR-104 against the category
That's 43.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 619 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-105 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the BANGSON US-BSR-104. BANGSON US-BSR-103 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
BANGSON makes 53 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 30 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the BANGSON US-BSR-104 that long and it costs about $533 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The BANGSON US-BSR-104 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
$41/year to run is the predictable cost of the BANGSON US-BSR-104; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.