Hamilton Beach HBF1839-SS-6COM Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Hamilton Beach HBF1839-SS-6COM costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Hamilton Beach HBF1839-SS-6COM at 367 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $69 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Hamilton Beach HBF1839-SS-6COM against the category
That's 4.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,662 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 $4/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Hisense RT180N3SEH ($69/yr, 367 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Hamilton Beach HBF1839-SS-6COM. Frestec FR 1802 WH ($69/yr, 367 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Hamilton Beach lineup
Hamilton Beach makes 33 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 17 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
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Hamilton Beach HBF1839-SS-6COM costs roughly $897 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Hamilton Beach HBF1839-SS-6COM is already efficient for its category at $69/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
Whether or not the Hamilton Beach HBF1839-SS-6COM ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
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.