Bosch B36CT81EN Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Bosch B36CT81EN: running cost
At 570 kWh/yr, the Bosch B36CT81EN's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $107 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 47.7% above it, ranking 3,875 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 $35/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 Bosch B36CT81EN: Bosch B36CT80SN ($107/yr, 570 kWh/yr), then Bosch B36CT81SN ($107/yr, 570 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 16 of Bosch's 38 certified refrigerators, this sits between the B30IR905SP ($52/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the B36FD52SN ($132/yr, its priciest).
Bosch B36CT81EN over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Bosch B36CT81EN that long and it costs about $1,393 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $107/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$107/year to run is the predictable cost of the Bosch B36CT81EN; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 570 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 3,875 of 4,704, the Bosch B36CT81EN 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.