Gaggenau RVB477790 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Gaggenau RVB477790: running cost
At 560 kWh/yr, the Gaggenau RVB477790's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $105 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 45.1% above it, ranking 3,808 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 $33/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 Gaggenau RVB477790: Frigidaire FRFG2033AV ($105/yr, 560 kWh/yr), then Kenmore 897.5180#32# ($105/yr, 560 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 22 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 RVB477790 that long and it costs about $1,369 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $105/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 Gaggenau RVB477790 or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
At $105/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
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. The 560 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.