Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24A1-5- Running Cost…
Running cost for the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24A1-5-
At 245 kWh/yr, the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24A1-5-'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
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 Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24A1-5- compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 36.5% less, ranking 1,022 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 Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24A1-5- on that list: Insignia NS-CF17BK9-C ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24R1-5- ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 3 of Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet's 13 certified refrigerators, this sits between the UKS15W1-5- ($19/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the HK24T4C-- ($52/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24A1-5- that long and it costs about $599 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $46/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
Whether or not the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24A1-5- 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
At rank 1,022 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 245 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.