Ikea K80462148 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Ikea K80462148
The Ikea K80462148 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 416 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $78 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 7.8% above it, ranking 2,985 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 $6/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 Ikea K80462148: Ikea K00462152 ($78/yr, 416 kWh/yr), then LG LHTNS2403 ($78/yr, 417 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 12 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).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Ikea K80462148 that long and it costs about $1,017 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $78/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $78/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
At rank 2,985 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 416 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.