FARBERWARE FW-RF262-I6A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the FARBERWARE FW-RF262-I6A
At 297 kWh/yr, the FARBERWARE FW-RF262-I6A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $56 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
FARBERWARE FW-RF262-I6A against the category
That's 23.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,704 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 $17/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frestec FR 1002 BK ($56/yr, 297 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the FARBERWARE FW-RF262-I6A. ELEMENT ENR10TFGB ($56/yr, 297 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
FARBERWARE makes 15 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 5 of 15 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FW-UFR701US at $46/yr, and its priciest, the FW-FRF192 at $118/yr.
FARBERWARE FW-RF262-I6A over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the FARBERWARE FW-RF262-I6A costs roughly $726 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The FARBERWARE FW-RF262-I6A is already efficient for its category at $56/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 FARBERWARE FW-RF262-I6A ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 1,704 of 4,704, the FARBERWARE FW-RF262-I6A 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. The 297 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.