COSMO COS-RFFV183GHS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
COSMO COS-RFFV183GHS: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the COSMO COS-RFFV183GHS at 512 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $96 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 32.6% above it, ranking 3,538 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 $24/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 COSMO COS-RFFV183GHS: COSMO COS-RFFV183GHBK ($96/yr, 512 kWh/yr), then COSMO COS-RFFV183RBK ($96/yr, 512 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 2 of COSMO's 13 certified refrigerators, this sits between the COS-RFFV183GHBK ($96/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the COS-RFFV283RSS ($118/yr, its priciest).
COSMO COS-RFFV183GHS 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-RFFV183GHS that long and it costs about $1,251 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The COSMO COS-RFFV183GHS 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 $96/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
A refrigerator like the COSMO COS-RFFV183GHS 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.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 3,538 of 4,704, the COSMO COS-RFFV183GHS 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.