BANGSON US-BSR-109 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the BANGSON US-BSR-109 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the BANGSON US-BSR-109 at 218 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43.5% less, ranking 624 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $32/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the BANGSON US-BSR-109: BANGSON US-BSR-108 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr), then BUD LIGHT FR321-BULT ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 35 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).
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the BANGSON US-BSR-109 costs roughly $533 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
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-109 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.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 624 of 4,704, the BANGSON US-BSR-109 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.