What the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24T*4C-**-***** costs to run
At 276 kWh/yr, the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24T*4C-**-*****'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $52 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 Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24T*4C-**-***** compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 28.5% less, ranking 1,552 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $21/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24T*4C-**-***** on that list: Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24R*4C-**-***** ($52/yr, 276 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Perlick HC24B*4C-**-***** ($52/yr, 276 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet's own models
Of the 13 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet makes, the HK24T*4C-**-***** costs the most to run, $33/year more than Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet's cheapest, the UKS15W*1-5-****.
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 Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24T*4C-**-***** that long and it costs about $675 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $52/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24T*4C-**-***** already costs $52/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
Ranked 1,552 of 4,704, the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet HK24T*4C-**-***** 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 276 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.