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Running cost for the FARBERWARE FW-UFR171-I3B

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$54/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the FARBERWARE FW-UFR171-I3B at 288 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.15per day
$4.51per month
288kWh per year, certified
$704over a 13-yr lifespan

The $54 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

FARBERWARE FW-UFR171-I3B against the category

That's 25.4% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,635 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 $18/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Liebherr C5250 ($54/yr, 288 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the FARBERWARE FW-UFR171-I3B. ELEMENT EUF17CEEW ($54/yr, 288 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

FARBERWARE makes 15 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 4 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.

Cost over its typical lifespan

13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $54/year, the FARBERWARE FW-UFR171-I3B adds up to about $704 in electricity over that span.

Weighing a replacement

The FARBERWARE FW-UFR171-I3B is already efficient for its category at $54/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.

Protecting what you have

The FARBERWARE FW-UFR171-I3B already costs $54/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

Sourcing

Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.