Hamilton Beach HBF1152-SS-T-6COM Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Hamilton Beach HBF1152-SS-T-6COM: running cost
The Hamilton Beach HBF1152-SS-T-6COM is certified by ENERGY STAR at 399 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $75 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 3.4% above it, ranking 2,929 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 $2/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 HBF1152-SS-T-6COM: FARBERWARE FW-BRF179US-TU-I6A ($75/yr, 399 kWh/yr), then PORTER&CHARLES PC24SS ($75/yr, 399 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 18 of Hamilton Beach's 33 certified refrigerators, this sits between the HBFR115-AMZ-BLACK-6COM ($38/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the HBF2067/HZ7602 ($87/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $75/year, the Hamilton Beach HBF1152-SS-T-6COM adds up to about $975 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $75/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Hamilton Beach HBF1152-SS-T-6COM 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.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 399 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.