Hisense RT21N3E Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Hisense RT21N3E
Brand: Hisense

Hisense RT21N3E: running cost

More expensive than most models in its category to run

$90/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the Hisense RT21N3E at 478 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.

$0.25per day

$7.49per month

478kWh per year, certified

$1,168over a 13-yr lifespan

Price it at your own rate instead

The $90 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Hisense RT21N3E against the category

That's 23.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,436 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 $17/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Mora RT210N3AEM ($90/yr, 478 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Hisense RT21N3E. Hisense RT210N3SEH ($90/yr, 478 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the Hisense lineup

Hisense makes 90 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 58 of 90 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the HWS054N6SS at $30/yr, and its priciest, the RF303D3FSEI at $140/yr.

Hisense RT21N3E over 13 years

13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $90/year, the Hisense RT21N3E adds up to about $1,168 in electricity over that span.

Weighing a replacement

At $90/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 RT21N3E or its replacement.

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

Protecting what you have

The Hisense RT21N3E already costs $90/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

Sourcing

At rank 3,436 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 478 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.