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Professional Series PS-CRF901US-IN: running cost

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$38/year at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the Professional Series PS-CRF901US-IN at 200 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.10per day
$3.13per month
200kWh per year, certified
$489over a 13-yr lifespan

The $38 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Where this ranks

That's 48.2% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 300 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $35/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.

The closest alternatives by cost

Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Liebherr SRB5290 ($38/yr, 200 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Professional Series PS-CRF902US-IN ($38/yr, 200 kWh/yr).

Same brand, different models

Professional Series sells 21 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $81/year under the PS-FRF192, its priciest.

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 Professional Series PS-CRF901US-IN that long and it costs about $489 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Shopping for a new one

The Professional Series PS-CRF901US-IN is already efficient for its category at $38/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.

Protecting what you have

The Professional Series PS-CRF901US-IN already costs $38/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

The data behind this page

Ranked 300 of 4,704, the Professional Series PS-CRF901US-IN sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 200 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.