Hamilton Beach Commercial HRF200R Running Cost…
What the Hamilton Beach Commercial HRF200R costs to run
The Hamilton Beach Commercial HRF200R is certified by ENERGY STAR at 215 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $40 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 44.3% less, ranking 573 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $32/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Hamilton Beach Commercial HRF200R: GENUINE COMFORT GCCF-S26LA0-1 ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr), then Hotpoint HME03GGM ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr).
Comparing Hamilton Beach Commercial's own models
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Hamilton Beach Commercial makes, the HRF200R is the cheapest to run, $1/year less than Hamilton Beach Commercial's priciest, the HRF300R.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $40/year, the Hamilton Beach Commercial HRF200R adds up to about $525 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $40/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Hamilton Beach Commercial HRF200R ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 215 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.