LG LRFWS2906 Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: LG LRFWS2906
Brand: LG

Running cost for the LG LRFWS2906

One of the more expensive models in its category to run

$123/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the LG LRFWS2906 at 653 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.

$0.34per day

$10.23per month

653kWh per year, certified

$1,596over a 13-yr lifespan

See this at your own electricity rate

The $123 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

LG LRFWS2906 against the category

That's 69.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,297 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 $50/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Bosch B36CD10EN ($123/yr, 654 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG LRFWS2906. GE GNE29GYN ($123/yr, 653 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

LG makes 132 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 65 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 LRFWS2906 that long and it costs about $1,596 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Shopping for a new one

At $123/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 LRFWS2906 or its replacement.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.

Protecting what you have

At $123/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

Sourcing

At rank 4,297 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 653 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.