Frigidaire EFR492-COM Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Frigidaire EFR492-COM: running cost
At 229 kWh/yr, the Frigidaire EFR492-COM's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $43 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 40.7% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 928 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $30/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Frigidaire EFR441-6COM ($43/yr, 229 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is RCA RFR464-B-BLACK ($43/yr, 229 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 115 of 311 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FRWE4626AS at $28/yr, and its priciest, the FRFS2813B at $137/yr.
Frigidaire EFR492-COM over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Frigidaire EFR492-COM that long and it costs about $560 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Frigidaire EFR492-COM is already efficient for its category at $43/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 Frigidaire EFR492-COM ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 928 of 4,704, the Frigidaire EFR492-COM 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.