COSMO COS-FDR225RHSS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the COSMO COS-FDR225RHSS costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the COSMO COS-FDR225RHSS at 588 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $111 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 52.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,986 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $38/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Bertazzoni REF36FDFIXNV ($111/yr, 588 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is COSMO COS-FDR225RHSS-G ($111/yr, 588 kWh/yr).
Comparing COSMO's own models
COSMO makes 13 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 5 of 13 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the COS-RFFV183GHBK at $96/yr, and its priciest, the COS-RFFV283RSS at $118/yr.
COSMO COS-FDR225RHSS over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the COSMO COS-FDR225RHSS that long and it costs about $1,437 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
At $111/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the COSMO COS-FDR225RHSS or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The COSMO COS-FDR225RHSS already costs $111/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
At rank 3,986 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 588 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.