Fisher & Paykel RF201AJ Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Fisher & Paykel RF201AJ: running cost
The Fisher & Paykel RF201AJ is certified by ENERGY STAR at 532 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $100 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Fisher & Paykel RF201AJ against the category
That's 37.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,614 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 RF201AU ($100/yr, 532 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Fisher & Paykel RF201AJ. Fisher & Paykel RF170AU ($100/yr, 532 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Fisher & Paykel's own models
Fisher & Paykel makes 48 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 36 of 48 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RS2435V2 at $8/yr, and its priciest, the RF203QDUVX1 at $106/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $100/year, the Fisher & Paykel RF201AJ adds up to about $1,300 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The Fisher & Paykel RF201AJ 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 $100/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Fisher & Paykel RF201AJ ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
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. The 532 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.