Hamilton Beach HBF1662 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Hamilton Beach HBF1662: running cost
The Hamilton Beach HBF1662 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 425 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $80 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.
How the Hamilton Beach HBF1662 compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 10.1% above it, ranking 3,031 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $7/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Hamilton Beach HBF1662 on that list: Verona VEFBF2814RSL ($80/yr, 423 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Hamilton Beach HBF1663-SSBLACK� ($80/yr, 425 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Hamilton Beach's own models
Ranked 20 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).
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $80/year, the Hamilton Beach HBF1662 adds up to about $1,039 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
The Hamilton Beach HBF1662 runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $80/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Hamilton Beach HBF1662 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.