Edgestar CRF321SS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Edgestar CRF321SS
At 270 kWh/yr, the Edgestar CRF321SS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $51 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Edgestar CRF321SS against the category
That's 30.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,448 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 $22/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
ELEMENT EUF14CEES ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Edgestar CRF321SS. Danby DUF140A1WDB ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Edgestar lineup
The Edgestar CRF321SS is the only refrigerator from Edgestar that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full refrigerator category.
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 Edgestar CRF321SS that long and it costs about $660 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Edgestar CRF321SS is already efficient for its category at $51/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Edgestar CRF321SS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 270 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 1,448 of 4,704, the Edgestar CRF321SS 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.