Jenn Air JBTF30NMX Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Jenn Air JBTF30NMX
Brand: Jenn Air

Running cost for the Jenn Air JBTF30NMX

One of the more expensive models in its category to run

$102/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the Jenn Air JBTF30NMX at 540 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.

$0.28per day

$8.46per month

540kWh per year, certified

$1,320over a 13-yr lifespan

Price it at your own rate instead

The $102 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Jenn Air JBTF30NMX against the category

That's 39.9% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,678 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 $29/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Samsung RF18A5101 ($102/yr, 540 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Jenn Air JBTF30NMX. Jenn Air JBBF30NMX ($102/yr, 540 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the Jenn Air lineup

Jenn Air makes 9 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 4 of 9 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the JUGF242H at $44/yr, and its priciest, the JBSSNE48PL at $151/yr.

Jenn Air JBTF30NMX over 13 years

13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $102/year, the Jenn Air JBTF30NMX adds up to about $1,320 in electricity over that span.

Weighing a replacement

At $102/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Jenn Air JBTF30NMX or its replacement.

Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.

Protecting what you have

At $102/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

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