Perlick HA24R4E-- Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Perlick HA24R4E-- costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Perlick HA24R4E-- at 254 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $48 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Perlick HA24R4E-- against the category
That's 34.2% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,181 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 $25/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Thermador T24IR905SP ($48/yr, 254 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Perlick HA24R4E--. Miele K 2602 Vi ($48/yr, 254 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Perlick makes 31 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 17 of 31 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the URA24W1-5- at $19/yr, and its priciest, the HP24T4C-- at $52/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Perlick HA24R4E-- that long and it costs about $621 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Perlick HA24R4E-- is already efficient for its category at $48/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
The Perlick HA24R4E-- already costs $48/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.