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What the Ikea IRT138FD*0* costs to run

More expensive than most models in its category to run
$86/year at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the Ikea IRT138FD*0* at 455 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.

$0.23per day
$7.13per month
455kWh per year, certified
$1,112over a 13-yr lifespan

The $86 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Ikea IRT138FD*0* against the category

That's 17.9% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,235 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 $13/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Sub-Zero DEC1850FI/* ($86/yr, 455 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Ikea IRT138FD*0*. Amana ART348FFF*** ($86/yr, 455 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

Ikea makes 24 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 14 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.

Ikea IRT138FD*0* over 13 years

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Ikea IRT138FD*0* that long and it costs about $1,112 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Weighing a replacement

Running above the category average, $86/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.

Protecting what you have

$86/year to run is the predictable cost of the Ikea IRT138FD*0*; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.

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