KOOLATRON KBC-46SS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the KOOLATRON KBC-46SS costs to run
At 207 kWh/yr, the KOOLATRON KBC-46SS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $39 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 46.4% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 379 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 $34/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 Hisense RR17D6ABE ($39/yr, 207 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Master Chef 043-0288-4 ($39/yr, 207 kWh/yr).
Within the KOOLATRON lineup
KOOLATRON sells 10 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $30/year under the KTTMR30X18.1-SSL, 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 KOOLATRON KBC-46SS that long and it costs about $506 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The KOOLATRON KBC-46SS is already efficient for its category at $39/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the KOOLATRON KBC-46SS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
At rank 379 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 207 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.