Perlick HH24R4C-- Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Perlick HH24R4C-- costs to run
At 259 kWh/yr, the Perlick HH24R4C--'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $49 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 32.9% less, ranking 1,268 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $24/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the Perlick HH24R4C--: Perlick HH24B4C-- ($49/yr, 259 kWh/yr), then roomwell REFNFR3300 ($49/yr, 259 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 20 of Perlick's 31 certified refrigerators, this sits between the URA24W1-5- ($19/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the HP24T4C-- ($52/yr, its priciest).
Perlick HH24R4C-- over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $49/year, the Perlick HH24R4C-- adds up to about $633 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $49/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Perlick HH24R4C-- ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
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 259 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.