Hisense RF210N6AE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Hisense RF210N6AE
ENERGY STAR certifies the Hisense RF210N6AE at 468 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $88 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 21.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,386 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 $15/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 Forno FFFFD1766-24BLK-LS ($88/yr, 468 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Hisense RF21A3FE ($88/yr, 468 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Hisense makes 90 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 54 of 90 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the HWS054N6SS at $30/yr, and its priciest, the RF303D3FSEI at $140/yr.
Hisense RF210N6AE over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Hisense RF210N6AE costs roughly $1,144 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
At $88/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Hisense RF210N6AE or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Hisense RF210N6AE already costs $88/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 468 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.