Running cost for the Kenmore 7934***
At 584 kWh/yr, the Kenmore 7934***'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $110 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Kenmore 7934*** against the category
That's 51.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,929 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $37/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
KitchenAid KB*S22KC* ($110/yr, 584 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Kenmore 7934***. Kenmore 6938* ($110/yr, 584 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Kenmore's own models
Kenmore makes 93 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 86 of 93 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the 17764 at $39/yr, and its priciest, the 46-75625 at $140/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Kenmore 7934*** costs roughly $1,427 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $110/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Kenmore 7934*** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 3,929 of 4,704, the Kenmore 7934*** 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 584 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.