HOUSE KOBO WZTMF18 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the HOUSE KOBO WZTMF18 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the HOUSE KOBO WZTMF18 at 446 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $84 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
HOUSE KOBO WZTMF18 against the category
That's 15.5% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,155 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 $11/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Samsung RT18DG6500 ($84/yr, 446 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the HOUSE KOBO WZTMF18. Bevoi BVIREF18W ($84/yr, 446 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the HOUSE KOBO lineup
HOUSE KOBO makes 6 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 5 of 6 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the UR-BCD398WE-SQ- at $63/yr, and its priciest, the UR-BCD636WE-ST-WZ at $111/yr.
HOUSE KOBO WZTMF18 over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the HOUSE KOBO WZTMF18 costs roughly $1,090 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The HOUSE KOBO WZTMF18 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 $84/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$84/year to run is the predictable cost of the HOUSE KOBO WZTMF18; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Ranked 3,155 of 4,704, the HOUSE KOBO WZTMF18 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 446 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.