Galanz GLF11US2A16 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Galanz GLF11US2A16: running cost
At 249 kWh/yr, the Galanz GLF11US2A16's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $47 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Galanz GLF11US2A16 against the category
That's 35.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,111 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 $26/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Galanz GLF11UWEA16 ($47/yr, 249 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Galanz GLF11US2A16. Galanz GLF11URDG16 ($47/yr, 249 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Galanz's own models
Galanz makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 29 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.
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 Galanz GLF11US2A16 that long and it costs about $609 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Galanz GLF11US2A16 is already efficient for its category at $47/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Galanz GLF11US2A16 already costs $47/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
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.