Samsung RF23BB8600 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Samsung RF23BB8600: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Samsung RF23BB8600 at 621 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $117 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 60.9% above it, ranking 4,166 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 $44/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 Samsung RF23BB8600: Samsung RF23BB8200 ($117/yr, 621 kWh/yr), then Samsung RF70F23DE ($117/yr, 621 kWh/yr).
Within the Samsung lineup
Ranked 38 of Samsung's 101 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RT18DG6300 ($63/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF32CG5B30 ($148/yr, its priciest).
Samsung RF23BB8600 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Samsung RF23BB8600 that long and it costs about $1,518 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung RF23BB8600 runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $117/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
$117/year to run is the predictable cost of the Samsung RF23BB8600; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 4,166 of 4,704, the Samsung RF23BB8600 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 621 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.