Blomberg BRFB1920SS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Blomberg BRFB1920SS: running cost
The Blomberg BRFB1920SS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 556 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $105 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Blomberg BRFB1920SS against the category
That's 44% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,799 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 above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Miele KFNF 9955 iDE ($105/yr, 556 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Blomberg BRFB1920SS. Blomberg BRFB1920FBI ($105/yr, 556 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Blomberg makes 21 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 18 of 21 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the BRFB1045SS at $54/yr, and its priciest, the BRFD2230XSS2 at $106/yr.
Blomberg BRFB1920SS over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Blomberg BRFB1920SS that long and it costs about $1,359 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $105/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Blomberg BRFB1920SS or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Blomberg BRFB1920SS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 556 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.