Conserv FR430SC Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Conserv FR430SC: running cost
At 260 kWh/yr, the Conserv FR430SC's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $49 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.
How the Conserv FR430SC compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 32.6% less, ranking 1,293 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $24/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Conserv FR430SC on that list: Comfee CRM33S3AST ($49/yr, 260 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Crown CRNREF03SS ($49/yr, 260 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Conserv's own models
Of the 10 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Conserv makes, the FR430SC is the cheapest to run, $47/year less than Conserv's priciest, the RF 1820 FD.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $49/year, the Conserv FR430SC adds up to about $635 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $49/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Conserv FR430SC ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
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. The 260 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.