Frestec FR 1462 WH: running cost
At 333 kWh/yr, the Frestec FR 1462 WH's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $63 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frestec FR 1462 WH against the category
That's 13.7% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,226 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 $10/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Gaggenau RVC477790 ($63/yr, 333 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frestec FR 1462 WH. Frestec FR 1462 SL ($63/yr, 333 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Frestec's own models
Frestec makes 19 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 13 of 19 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FTC16RE at $38/yr, and its priciest, the FDBM 1802 SL at $86/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Frestec FR 1462 WH costs roughly $814 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Frestec FR 1462 WH is already efficient for its category at $63/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
Whether or not the Frestec FR 1462 WH ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 2,226 of 4,704, the Frestec FR 1462 WH 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. The 333 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.