LG LHSXS2706 Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: LG LHSXS2706
Brand: LG

What the LG LHSXS2706 costs to run

One of the more expensive models in its category to run

$130/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the LG LHSXS2706 at 694 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.

$0.36per day

$10.87per month

694kWh per year, certified

$1,696over a 13-yr lifespan

Swap in your own state’s rate

The $130 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

LG LHSXS2706 against the category

That's 79.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,444 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 $58/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

LG LRSOS2706 ($130/yr, 694 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG LHSXS2706. Samsung RF30BB6900 ($130/yr, 693 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the LG lineup

LG makes 132 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 77 of 132 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the LK14S8000 at $39/yr, and its priciest, the LRMXS3006 at $150/yr.

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 LG LHSXS2706 that long and it costs about $1,696 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Shopping for a new one

At $130/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the LG LHSXS2706 or its replacement.

Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.

Protecting what you have

$130/year to run is the predictable cost of the LG LHSXS2706; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.

Sourcing

At rank 4,444 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 694 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.