Hamilton Beach HBF1600-BLUE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Hamilton Beach HBF1600-BLUE: running cost
At 206 kWh/yr, the Hamilton Beach HBF1600-BLUE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $39 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 46.6% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 361 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $34/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Hamilton Beach EFR100-B-BLACK ($39/yr, 206 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Hamilton Beach HBF1600-CORAL ($39/yr, 206 kWh/yr).
Within the Hamilton Beach lineup
Hamilton Beach makes 33 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 3 of 33 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the HBFR115-AMZ-BLACK-6COM at $38/yr, and its priciest, the HBF2067/HZ7602 at $87/yr.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $39/year, the Hamilton Beach HBF1600-BLUE adds up to about $503 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Hamilton Beach HBF1600-BLUE is already efficient for its category at $39/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 Hamilton Beach HBF1600-BLUE already costs $39/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
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 206 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.