IGLOO FR283I-B-BLACK Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the IGLOO FR283I-B-BLACK costs to run
At 209 kWh/yr, the IGLOO FR283I-B-BLACK's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $39 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 45.9% less, ranking 471 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 $33/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 IGLOO FR283I-B-BLACK: upstreman FR17J ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr), then Lynx LN15WINE ($39/yr, 209 kWh/yr).
Comparing IGLOO's own models
Of the 7 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators IGLOO makes, the FR283I-B-BLACK costs the most to run, about the same, within a dollar a year, more than IGLOO's cheapest, the FR100I-B-BLACK.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the IGLOO FR283I-B-BLACK costs roughly $511 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $39/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The IGLOO FR283I-B-BLACK already costs $39/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 471 of 4,704, the IGLOO FR283I-B-BLACK 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 209 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.