Ikea BERGSNAS 60607883 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Ikea BERGSNAS 60607883
ENERGY STAR certifies the Ikea BERGSNAS 60607883 at 389 kWh/yr, about average for its category to run for its category.
The $73 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 0.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,821 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $1/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is BLACK DECKER BR2010JW ($73/yr, 389 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Moffat MBE11D ($73/yr, 389 kWh/yr).
Comparing Ikea's own models
Ikea makes 24 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 9 of 24 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the HS-65LN(NA) TILLREDA N at $39/yr, and its priciest, the IX7DDEXGZ at $129/yr.
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 Ikea BERGSNAS 60607883 that long and it costs about $951 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Ikea BERGSNAS 60607883 is already efficient for its category at $73/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Ikea BERGSNAS 60607883 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.