POLAR ELITE POLUF21WS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the POLAR ELITE POLUF21WS costs to run
At 273 kWh/yr, the POLAR ELITE POLUF21WS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $51 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.
How the POLAR ELITE POLUF21WS compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 29.3% less, ranking 1,501 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $21/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the POLAR ELITE POLUF21WS on that list: POLAR ELITE POLUF21 ($51/yr, 273 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Cafe CCP06BPP ($52/yr, 274 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators POLAR ELITE makes, the POLUF21WS costs the most to run, about the same, within a dollar a year, more than POLAR ELITE's cheapest, the POLUF21.
POLAR ELITE POLUF21WS over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the POLAR ELITE POLUF21WS costs roughly $667 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $51/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the POLAR ELITE POLUF21WS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 273 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.