BANGSON US-BSR-302 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
BANGSON US-BSR-302: running cost
At 326 kWh/yr, the BANGSON US-BSR-302's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $61 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
BANGSON US-BSR-302 against the category
That's 15.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,081 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 $11/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
BANGSON US-BSR-303 ($61/yr, 326 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the BANGSON US-BSR-302. BANGSON US-BSR-301A ($61/yr, 326 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the BANGSON lineup
BANGSON makes 53 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 46 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
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $61/year, the BANGSON US-BSR-302 adds up to about $797 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The BANGSON US-BSR-302 is already efficient for its category at $61/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
$61/year to run is the predictable cost of the BANGSON US-BSR-302; 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.