ELEMENT ERFD19CGC Running Cost (Refrigerator)
ELEMENT ERFD19CGC: running cost
The ELEMENT ERFD19CGC is certified by ENERGY STAR at 549 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $103 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 ELEMENT ERFD19CGC compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 42.2% above it, ranking 3,715 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $31/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the ELEMENT ERFD19CGC on that list: Dacor DRF36750 ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Elisii DFDBM184W1 ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the ELEMENT lineup
Ranked 32 of ELEMENT's 34 certified refrigerators, this sits between the EUF14CE ($38/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ERBM19CBS-CA ($103/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the ELEMENT ERFD19CGC that long and it costs about $1,342 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $103/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 ELEMENT ERFD19CGC or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$103/year to run is the predictable cost of the ELEMENT ERFD19CGC; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 3,715 of 4,704, the ELEMENT ERFD19CGC 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.