Comfee CERV113B0A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Comfee CERV113B0A costs to run
At 135 kWh/yr, the Comfee CERV113B0A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $25 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 65% less, ranking 83 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 $47/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 Comfee CERV113B0A: Stirling S4-D250SS ($25/yr, 134 kWh/yr), then Fisher & Paykel RS30SHE ($25/yr, 135 kWh/yr).
Within the Comfee lineup
Of the 26 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Comfee makes, the CERV113B0A is the cheapest to run, $39/year less than Comfee's priciest, the CERT07B0AST.
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 Comfee CERV113B0A that long and it costs about $330 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $25/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Comfee CERV113B0A ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
At rank 83 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 135 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.