Bosch B36CL80EN Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Bosch B36CL80EN costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Bosch B36CL80EN at 568 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $107 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Bosch B36CL80EN against the category
That's 47.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,855 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 $34/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Bosch B36CL80SN ($107/yr, 568 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Bosch B36CL80EN. VIKING RANGE LLC RVFFR336SS ($106/yr, 566 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Bosch lineup
Bosch makes 38 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 12 of 38 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the B30IR905SP at $52/yr, and its priciest, the B36FD52SN at $132/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Bosch B36CL80EN that long and it costs about $1,388 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Bosch B36CL80EN runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $107/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
At $107/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 568 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 3,855 of 4,704, the Bosch B36CL80EN 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.