Galanz GLR12BR16 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Galanz GLR12BR16 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Galanz GLR12BR16 at 400 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $75 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Galanz GLR12BR16 against the category
That's 3.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,959 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 $3/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Summit;Dreambilt FFBF11NT ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Galanz GLR12BR16. Galanz GLR12BE08 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Galanz lineup
Galanz makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 111 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 GLR12BR16 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 GLR12BR16 that long and it costs about $978 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Galanz GLR12BR16 is already efficient for its category at $75/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The Galanz GLR12BR16 already costs $75/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
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 400 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.