Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24W1-5- Running Cost…
Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24W1-5-: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24W1-5- 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 12 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 UKS24W1-5-: Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15W1-5- ($19/yr, 99 kWh/yr), then Perlick URA24W1-5- ($19/yr, 99 kWh/yr).
Within the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet lineup
Ranked 2 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).
Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24W1-5- over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24W1-5- costs roughly $242 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $19/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
$19/year to run is the predictable cost of the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24W1-5-; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 12 of 4,704, the Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS24W1-5- 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.