Fhiaba S240FW3U: running cost
At 177 kWh/yr, the Fhiaba S240FW3U's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $33 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 54.1% less, ranking 185 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 $39/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 Fhiaba S240FW3U: SKS SKSCW241** ($33/yr, 175 kWh/yr), then Fhiaba S240FW6U ($33/yr, 177 kWh/yr).
Comparing Fhiaba's own models
Of the 18 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Fhiaba makes, the S240FW3U is the cheapest to run, $76/year less than Fhiaba's priciest, the S360HST6IU.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $33/year, the Fhiaba S240FW3U adds up to about $433 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $33/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Fhiaba S240FW3U ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
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. The 177 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.