Fisher & Paykel RF172 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Fisher & Paykel RF172: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Fisher & Paykel RF172 at 541 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $102 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Fisher & Paykel RF172 against the category
That's 40.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,680 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 $29/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Fisher & Paykel RS32(X) ($102/yr, 541 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Fisher & Paykel RF172. Samsung RF18A5101 ($102/yr, 540 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Fisher & Paykel's own models
Fisher & Paykel makes 48 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 43 of 48 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RS2435V2 at $8/yr, and its priciest, the RF203QDUVX1 at $106/yr.
Fisher & Paykel RF172 over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $102/year, the Fisher & Paykel RF172 adds up to about $1,322 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Fisher & Paykel RF172 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 $102/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Fisher & Paykel RF172 already costs $102/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
At rank 3,680 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 541 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.