ICEBOX IBCR25SLT Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: ICEBOX IBCR25SLT
Brand: ICEBOX

Running cost for the ICEBOX IBCR25SLT

One of the cheaper models in its category to run

$40/year at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the ICEBOX IBCR25SLT at 214 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.11per day

$3.35per month

214kWh per year, certified

$523over a 13-yr lifespan

Price it at your own rate instead

The $40 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

ICEBOX IBCR25SLT against the category

That's 44.6% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 536 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 $32/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

ICEBOX IBCR25SUN ($40/yr, 214 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the ICEBOX IBCR25SLT. ICEBOX IBCR25MNT ($40/yr, 214 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

ICEBOX makes 8 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 7 of 8 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the IBCR17BLS at $39/yr, and its priciest, the IBCR25SUN at $40/yr.

What this adds up to over time

13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $40/year, the ICEBOX IBCR25SLT adds up to about $523 in electricity over that span.

Is it worth replacing?

The ICEBOX IBCR25SLT is already efficient for its category at $40/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.

Protecting what you have

Whether or not the ICEBOX IBCR25SLT ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

Sourcing

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