Gaggenau RC462704 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Gaggenau RC462704
At 264 kWh/yr, the Gaggenau RC462704's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
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.
How the Gaggenau RC462704 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 31.6% less, ranking 1,348 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $23/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Gaggenau RC462704 on that list: FRIGIDAIRE;RCA;THOMSON EFR492-B ($50/yr, 264 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Miele K 2601 SF ($50/yr, 264 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Gaggenau's own models
Ranked 5 of Gaggenau's 27 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RW204770 ($19/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RVY497790 ($113/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Gaggenau RC462704 that long and it costs about $645 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $50/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Gaggenau RC462704 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
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.