Fisher & Paykel RS32(X) Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Fisher & Paykel RS32(X) costs to run
The Fisher & Paykel RS32(X) is certified by ENERGY STAR at 541 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $102 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 40.2% above it, ranking 3,681 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 $29/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 RS32(X): Fisher & Paykel RF172 ($102/yr, 541 kWh/yr), then Summit FDRD171WIM ($102/yr, 541 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 44 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).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Fisher & Paykel RS32(X) that long and it costs about $1,322 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
At $102/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Fisher & Paykel RS32(X) or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Fisher & Paykel RS32(X) ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 3,681 of 4,704, the Fisher & Paykel RS32(X) 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.