FULGOR MILANO, VITARA, FORTE FM4BM28FBI Running Cost…
FULGOR MILANO, VITARA, FORTE FM4BM28FBI: running cost
The FULGOR MILANO, VITARA, FORTE FM4BM28FBI is certified by ENERGY STAR at 429 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $81 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
FULGOR MILANO, VITARA, FORTE FM4BM28FBI against the category
That's 11.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,046 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 $8/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
GE GTE16DTN ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the FULGOR MILANO, VITARA, FORTE FM4BM28FBI. Haier HRB15N3B ($80/yr, 428 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the FULGOR MILANO, VITARA, FORTE lineup
The FULGOR MILANO, VITARA, FORTE FM4BM28FBI is the only refrigerator from FULGOR MILANO, VITARA, FORTE 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
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the FULGOR MILANO, VITARA, FORTE FM4BM28FBI costs roughly $1,048 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
At $81/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 FULGOR MILANO, VITARA, FORTE FM4BM28FBI or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$81/year to run is the predictable cost of the FULGOR MILANO, VITARA, FORTE FM4BM28FBI; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.