Running cost for the Fisher & Paykel RF135B***J**
The Fisher & Paykel RF135B***J** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 495 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $93 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Fisher & Paykel RF135B***J** against the category
That's 28.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,481 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 $20/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Fisher & Paykel RF135B***U** ($93/yr, 495 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Fisher & Paykel RF135B***J**. Whirlpool WRB543CMJ*** ($93/yr, 494 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Fisher & Paykel lineup
Fisher & Paykel makes 48 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 30 of 48 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RS2435V2* at $8/yr, and its priciest, the RF203QDUVX1 at $106/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Fisher & Paykel RF135B***J** costs roughly $1,210 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Fisher & Paykel RF135B***J** runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $93/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$93/year to run is the predictable cost of the Fisher & Paykel RF135B***J**; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 495 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 3,481 of 4,704, the Fisher & Paykel RF135B***J** 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.