Kenmore 111.99033810 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Kenmore 111.99033810
At 320 kWh/yr, the Kenmore 111.99033810's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $60 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 17.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,973 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $12/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Kenmore 111.9903 ($60/yr, 320 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Kenmore 996661 ($60/yr, 320 kWh/yr).
Within the Kenmore lineup
Kenmore makes 93 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 27 of 93 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the 17764 at $39/yr, and its priciest, the 46-75625 at $140/yr.
Kenmore 111.99033810 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Kenmore 111.99033810 that long and it costs about $782 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Kenmore 111.99033810 is already efficient for its category at $60/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The Kenmore 111.99033810 already costs $60/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
At rank 1,973 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 320 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.