Bosch B36FD52SN Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Bosch B36FD52SN
ENERGY STAR certifies the Bosch B36FD52SN at 702 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $132 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Bosch B36FD52SN against the category
That's 81.9% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,485 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 $59/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
LG LM22WZH64 ($132/yr, 704 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Bosch B36FD52SN. Bosch B36FD51SN ($132/yr, 702 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Among Bosch's 38 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $80/year over the B30IR905SP, the brand's cheapest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Bosch B36FD52SN that long and it costs about $1,716 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Bosch B36FD52SN 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 $132/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Bosch B36FD52SN is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
At rank 4,485 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 702 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.