What the Fhiaba S360HST6IU costs to run
The Fhiaba S360HST6IU is certified by ENERGY STAR at 580 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $109 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Fhiaba S360HST6IU against the category
That's 50.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,902 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 $36/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Forno FFRBI1844-36BLK ($109/yr, 580 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Fhiaba S360HST6IU. Fhiaba S360HST3IU ($109/yr, 580 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Fhiaba lineup
Among Fhiaba's 18 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $76/year over the S240FW3U, the brand's cheapest.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Fhiaba S360HST6IU costs roughly $1,418 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
At $109/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 Fhiaba S360HST6IU or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Fhiaba S360HST6IU ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 580 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.