Galanz GLR33MR10 Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Galanz GLR33MR10
Brand: Galanz

What the Galanz GLR33MR10 costs to run

One of the cheaper models in its category to run

$41/year at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the Galanz GLR33MR10 at 218 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.11per day

$3.42per month

218kWh per year, certified

$533over a 13-yr lifespan

Price it at your own rate instead

The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Galanz GLR33MR10 against the category

That's 43.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 638 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 $32/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Galanz GLR33MBKE02 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Galanz GLR33MR10. Galanz GLR33ME23 ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the Galanz lineup

Galanz makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 13 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 GLR33MR10 that long and it costs about $533 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Shopping for a new one

The Galanz GLR33MR10 is already efficient for its category at $41/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

At $41/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

Sourcing

Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 218 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.