Running cost for the FULGOR MILANO, BERTAZZONI, VITARA, FORTE, KUCHT, Zline, HALLMAN FM4FBM36IFBI
The FULGOR MILANO, BERTAZZONI, VITARA, FORTE, KUCHT, Zline, HALLMAN FM4FBM36IFBI is certified by ENERGY STAR at 589 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $111 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
FULGOR MILANO, BERTAZZONI, VITARA, FORTE, KUCHT, Zline, HALLMAN FM4FBM36IFBI against the category
That's 52.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,022 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 $38/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
ILVE URFD36SIWPRY ($111/yr, 589 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the FULGOR MILANO, BERTAZZONI, VITARA, FORTE, KUCHT, Zline, HALLMAN FM4FBM36IFBI. FULGOR MILANO FM7FBM36IFBI ($111/yr, 589 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the FULGOR MILANO, BERTAZZONI, VITARA, FORTE, KUCHT, Zline, HALLMAN lineup
The FULGOR MILANO, BERTAZZONI, VITARA, FORTE, KUCHT, Zline, HALLMAN FM4FBM36IFBI is the only refrigerator from FULGOR MILANO, BERTAZZONI, VITARA, FORTE, KUCHT, Zline, HALLMAN that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full refrigerator category.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $111/year, the FULGOR MILANO, BERTAZZONI, VITARA, FORTE, KUCHT, Zline, HALLMAN FM4FBM36IFBI adds up to about $1,440 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $111/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The FULGOR MILANO, BERTAZZONI, VITARA, FORTE, KUCHT, Zline, HALLMAN FM4FBM36IFBI already costs $111/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 589 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 4,022 of 4,704, the FULGOR MILANO, BERTAZZONI, VITARA, FORTE, KUCHT, Zline, HALLMAN FM4FBM36IFBI 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.