Fisher & Paykel RS24SHE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Fisher & Paykel RS24SHE costs to run
The Fisher & Paykel RS24SHE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 124 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $23 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 67.9% less, ranking 49 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 $49/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 RS24SHE: DOMETIC C60SFS CARE ($23/yr, 124 kWh/yr), then Liebherr UR3650 ($24/yr, 125 kWh/yr).
Within the Fisher & Paykel lineup
Ranked 5 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).
Fisher & Paykel RS24SHE over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Fisher & Paykel RS24SHE costs roughly $303 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $23/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Fisher & Paykel RS24SHE already costs $23/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 49 of 4,704, the Fisher & Paykel RS24SHE 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.