Fisher & Paykel RS30SHE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Fisher & Paykel RS30SHE
At 135 kWh/yr, the Fisher & Paykel RS30SHE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $25 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Fisher & Paykel RS30SHE against the category
That's 65% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 84 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 $47/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MERV113B0A ($25/yr, 135 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Fisher & Paykel RS30SHE. Comfee CERV113B0A ($25/yr, 135 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Fisher & Paykel lineup
Fisher & Paykel makes 48 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 6 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 RS30SHE over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Fisher & Paykel RS30SHE that long and it costs about $330 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Fisher & Paykel RS30SHE is already efficient for its category at $25/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Fisher & Paykel RS30SHE 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
At rank 84 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 135 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.