FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;THOMSON EFR492-B Running Cost (Refrigerator)
FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;THOMSON EFR492-B: running cost
The FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;THOMSON EFR492-B is certified by ENERGY STAR at 264 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $50 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 31.6% less, ranking 1,347 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $23/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;THOMSON EFR492-B: SAPPHIRE SR24-SSADA ($49/yr, 263 kWh/yr), then Gaggenau RC462704 ($50/yr, 264 kWh/yr).
Within the FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;THOMSON lineup
The FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;THOMSON EFR492-B is the only refrigerator from FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;THOMSON that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full refrigerator category.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $50/year, the FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;THOMSON EFR492-B adds up to about $645 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $50/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
$50/year to run is the predictable cost of the FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;THOMSON EFR492-B; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 1,347 of 4,704, the FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;THOMSON EFR492-B 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.