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HESTAN KRFR36PRI Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Running cost for the HESTAN KRFR36PRI

One of the more expensive models in its category to run
$110/year at the national-average rate

The HESTAN KRFR36PRI is certified by ENERGY STAR at 584 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.

$0.30per day
$9.15per month
584kWh per year, certified
$1,427over a 13-yr lifespan

The $110 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Where this ranks

That's 51.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,926 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 $37/year over 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 HALLMAN HBBIBMWDIML36SS ($110/yr, 584 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is ILVE RT9020BFBM ($110/yr, 584 kWh/yr).

Within the HESTAN lineup

Among HESTAN's 2 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $45/year over the KRCR36, the brand's cheapest.

Cost over its typical lifespan

13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $110/year, the HESTAN KRFR36PRI adds up to about $1,427 in electricity over that span.

Shopping for a new one

The HESTAN KRFR36PRI 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 $110/year every year.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

The HESTAN KRFR36PRI already costs $110/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

Ranked 3,926 of 4,704, the HESTAN KRFR36PRI sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 584 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.