Liebherr UR3650 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Liebherr UR3650
ENERGY STAR certifies the Liebherr UR3650 at 125 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $24 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Liebherr UR3650 against the category
That's 67.6% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 50 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 $49/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Liebherr URP3653 ($24/yr, 125 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Liebherr UR3650. Fisher & Paykel RS24SHE ($23/yr, 124 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Liebherr's own models
Liebherr makes 75 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 7 of 75 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the UW3710 at $19/yr, and its priciest, the FDBHC36S at $117/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 Liebherr UR3650 that long and it costs about $306 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Liebherr UR3650 is already efficient for its category at $24/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
$24/year to run is the predictable cost of the Liebherr UR3650; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 125 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.