Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W1-5- Running Cost…
Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W1-5-: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W1-5- at 99 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $19 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 74.4% less, ranking 11 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 $54/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 Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W1-5-: Dacor DRW24G7500 ($18/yr, 95 kWh/yr), then Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24W1-5- ($19/yr, 99 kWh/yr).
Comparing Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet's own models
Of the 13 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet makes, the UKS15W1-5- is the cheapest to run, $33/year less than Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet's priciest, the HK24T4C--.
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 UKS15W1-5- that long and it costs about $242 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $19/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
Whether or not the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W1-5- ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 99 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 11 of 4,704, the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W1-5- 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.