Hisense RF225C3CEI Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Hisense RF225C3CEI costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Hisense RF225C3CEI at 590 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $111 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 52.8% above it, ranking 4,035 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $38/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Hisense RF225C3CEI: Gaggenau RY492701 ($111/yr, 590 kWh/yr), then Hisense RF225C3CSEI ($111/yr, 590 kWh/yr).
Within the Hisense lineup
Ranked 78 of Hisense's 90 certified refrigerators, this sits between the HWS054N6SS ($30/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF303D3FSEI ($140/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Hisense RF225C3CEI that long and it costs about $1,442 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $111/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 RF225C3CEI or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Hisense RF225C3CEI ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
At rank 4,035 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 590 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.