Frigidaire PRFC2383A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Frigidaire PRFC2383A: running cost
The Frigidaire PRFC2383A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 670 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $126 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Frigidaire PRFC2383A against the category
That's 73.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,368 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 $53/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Ikea 20522287 ($126/yr, 670 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Frigidaire PRFC2383A. Frigidaire GRFC2353A ($126/yr, 670 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Frigidaire's own models
Frigidaire makes 311 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 296 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Frigidaire PRFC2383A that long and it costs about $1,637 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $126/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 PRFC2383A or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Frigidaire PRFC2383A is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Ranked 4,368 of 4,704, the Frigidaire PRFC2383A 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 670 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.