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What the roomwell REFNFR3300 costs to run

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$49/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the roomwell REFNFR3300 at 259 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.13per day
$4.06per month
259kWh per year, certified
$633over a 13-yr lifespan

The $49 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

roomwell REFNFR3300 against the category

That's 32.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,269 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 $24/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

roomwell REFNFR3301 ($49/yr, 259 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the roomwell REFNFR3300. Perlick HH24R*4C-**-***** ($49/yr, 259 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Comparing roomwell's own models

roomwell makes 8 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 5 of 8 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the REFNFR1700 at $42/yr, and its priciest, the REFNFR4401 at $50/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 roomwell REFNFR3300 that long and it costs about $633 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Weighing a replacement

The roomwell REFNFR3300 is already efficient for its category at $49/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

At $49/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

Sourcing

At rank 1,269 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 259 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.