FARBERWARE FW-UFR141-I3B Running Cost (Refrigerator)
FARBERWARE FW-UFR141-I3B: running cost
At 270 kWh/yr, the FARBERWARE FW-UFR141-I3B's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $51 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 30.1% less, ranking 1,454 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 $22/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 FARBERWARE FW-UFR141-I3B: Elisii DFFFD1738-28WHT-RS ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr), then Forno FFFFD1738-28BLK-RS ($51/yr, 270 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 3 of FARBERWARE's 15 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FW-UFR701US ($46/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FW-FRF192 ($118/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $51/year, the FARBERWARE FW-UFR141-I3B adds up to about $660 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $51/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The FARBERWARE FW-UFR141-I3B already costs $51/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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 1,454 of 4,704, the FARBERWARE FW-UFR141-I3B 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.