Insignia NS-CF17BK9 Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Insignia NS-CF17BK9
Brand: Insignia

Insignia NS-CF17BK9: running cost

One of the cheaper models in its category to run

$46/year, priced at the national-average rate

The Insignia NS-CF17BK9 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 245 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.

$0.13per day

$3.84per month

245kWh per year, certified

$599over a 13-yr lifespan

Swap in your own state’s rate

That $46 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 Insignia NS-CF17BK9 compares to other refrigerators

Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 36.5% less, ranking 1,020 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $27/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.

Neighbouring models

Right next to the Insignia NS-CF17BK9 on that list: Danby DAR016B1BM ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Insignia NS-CF17BK9-C ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.

Same brand, different models

Ranked 29 of Insignia's 92 certified refrigerators, this sits between the NS-WC14SS3 ($23/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the NS-RBM18WH0-C ($88/yr, its priciest).

Insignia NS-CF17BK9 over 13 years

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Insignia NS-CF17BK9 that long and it costs about $599 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Is it worth replacing?

Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $46/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.

Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.

If you're keeping it

Whether or not the Insignia NS-CF17BK9 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

How this was checked

Ranked 1,020 of 4,704, the Insignia NS-CF17BK9 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 245 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.