Galanz GL17 Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Galanz GL17
Brand: Galanz

Galanz GL17: running cost

One of the cheaper models in its category to run

$39/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the Galanz GL17 at 208 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.11per day

$3.26per month

208kWh per year, certified

$508over a 13-yr lifespan

See this at your own electricity rate

The $39 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Galanz GL17 against the category

That's 46.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 409 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 $33/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Galanz GL17BK ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Galanz GL17. Galanz BC-47F-F-62H ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the Galanz lineup

Galanz makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 2 of 115 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the BC-47F-F-62H at $39/yr, and its priciest, the GLR18TMEM03 at $102/yr.

Galanz GL17 over 13 years

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Galanz GL17 that long and it costs about $508 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Weighing a replacement

The Galanz GL17 is already efficient for its category at $39/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

$39/year to run is the predictable cost of the Galanz GL17; 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. Ranked 409 of 4,704, the Galanz GL17 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.