Ikea IRT138FD0 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Ikea IRT138FD0: running cost
The Ikea IRT138FD0 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 455 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $86 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.
How the Ikea IRT138FD0 compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 17.9% above it, ranking 3,235 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $13/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Ikea IRT138FD0 on that list: Amana ART348FFF ($86/yr, 455 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Sub-Zero DEC1850FI/ ($86/yr, 455 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 14 of Ikea's 24 certified refrigerators, this sits between the HS-65LN(NA) TILLREDA N ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the IX7DDEXGZ ($129/yr, its priciest).
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 IRT138FD0 that long and it costs about $1,112 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Ikea IRT138FD0 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 $86/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Ikea IRT138FD0 already costs $86/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
At rank 3,235 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 455 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.