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Running cost for the Fisher & Paykel RF135B*****

About average for its category to run
$77/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

The Fisher & Paykel RF135B***** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 411 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.

$0.21per day
$6.44per month
411kWh per year, certified
$1,004over a 13-yr lifespan

That $77 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

The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 6.5% above it, ranking 2,979 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 $5/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 Fisher & Paykel RF135B*****: Whirlpool WRB533CZJ*** ($77/yr, 410 kWh/yr), then Fisher & Paykel RF178ANX1 ($77/yr, 412 kWh/yr).

Comparing Fisher & Paykel's own models

Ranked 18 of Fisher & Paykel's 48 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RS2435V2* ($8/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF203QDUVX1 ($106/yr, its priciest).

What this adds up to over time

13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $77/year, the Fisher & Paykel RF135B***** adds up to about $1,004 in electricity over that span.

Shopping for a new one

Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $77/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 Fisher & Paykel RF135B***** already costs $77/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 2,979 of 4,704, the Fisher & Paykel RF135B***** 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.