Gaggenau RY492704 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Gaggenau RY492704: running cost
At 585 kWh/yr, the Gaggenau RY492704's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $110 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 51.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,951 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $37/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is ELLIPSE ERBM221SE ($110/yr, 585 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Hisense HRF220N6BE ($110/yr, 585 kWh/yr).
Comparing Gaggenau's own models
Gaggenau makes 27 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 24 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
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Gaggenau RY492704 costs roughly $1,430 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Running above the category average, $110/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Gaggenau RY492704 already costs $110/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
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 585 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.