Frigidaire FFHI1835X Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Frigidaire FFHI1835X costs to run
At 453 kWh/yr, the Frigidaire FFHI1835X's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $85 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frigidaire FFHI1835X against the category
That's 17.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,211 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 $13/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frigidaire FFHT1814W ($85/yr, 453 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire FFHI1835X. Frigidaire FFHI1835V ($85/yr, 453 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 229 of 311 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FRWE4626AS at $28/yr, and its priciest, the FRFS2813B at $137/yr.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $85/year, the Frigidaire FFHI1835X adds up to about $1,107 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
At $85/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 Frigidaire FFHI1835X or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Frigidaire FFHI1835X ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 3,211 of 4,704, the Frigidaire FFHI1835X 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.