Frigidaire FRTI1936AW Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Frigidaire FRTI1936AW: running cost
The Frigidaire FRTI1936AW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 458 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $86 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frigidaire FRTI1936AW against the category
That's 18.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,268 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 $14/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Hisense RB18A2CSE ($86/yr, 458 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire FRTI1936AW. Frigidaire FRTI1936AS ($86/yr, 458 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Frigidaire lineup
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 237 of 311 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FRWE4626AS at $28/yr, and its priciest, the FRFS2813B at $137/yr.
Frigidaire FRTI1936AW over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $86/year, the Frigidaire FRTI1936AW adds up to about $1,119 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $86/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Frigidaire FRTI1936AW already costs $86/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 3,268 of 4,704, the Frigidaire FRTI1936AW 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 458 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.