Fisher & Paykel RF178ANJX1 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Fisher & Paykel RF178ANJX1 costs to run
At 529 kWh/yr, the Fisher & Paykel RF178ANJX1's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $99 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Fisher & Paykel RF178ANJX1 against the category
That's 37% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,595 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 $27/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Fisher & Paykel RF178ANUX1 ($99/yr, 529 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Fisher & Paykel RF178ANJX1. Summit SFD3017SSIM ($99/yr, 525 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Fisher & Paykel makes 48 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 32 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 RF178ANJX1 over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $99/year, the Fisher & Paykel RF178ANJX1 adds up to about $1,293 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Fisher & Paykel RF178ANJX1 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 $99/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Fisher & Paykel RF178ANJX1 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.