Kenmore 7934 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
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 KBS22KC ($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.