Gaggenau RB492705 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Gaggenau RB492705: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Gaggenau RB492705 at 504 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $95 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Gaggenau RB492705 against the category
That's 30.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,515 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 $22/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Miele KF 2902 Vi ($95/yr, 504 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Gaggenau RB492705. LG LRFNS2200 ($95/yr, 503 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Gaggenau's own models
Gaggenau makes 27 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 19 of 27 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RW204770 at $19/yr, and its priciest, the RVY497790 at $113/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $95/year, the Gaggenau RB492705 adds up to about $1,232 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The Gaggenau RB492705 runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $95/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Gaggenau RB492705 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 3,515 of 4,704, the Gaggenau RB492705 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 504 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.