Samsung RF25C5A01 Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Samsung RF25C5A01
Brand: Samsung

Samsung RF25C5A01: running cost

One of the more expensive models in its category to run

$121/year at the national-average rate

At 643 kWh/yr, the Samsung RF25C5A01's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.

$0.33per day

$10.07per month

643kWh per year, certified

$1,571over a 13-yr lifespan

Price it at your own rate instead

That $121 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 66.6% above it, ranking 4,258 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 $48/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 RF25C5A01: Samsung RF25C5551 ($121/yr, 643 kWh/yr), then KitchenAid KRFF336SPS ($121/yr, 645 kWh/yr).

Same brand, different models

Ranked 54 of Samsung's 101 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RT18DG6300 ($63/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF32CG5B30 ($148/yr, its priciest).

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 Samsung RF25C5A01 that long and it costs about $1,571 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Is it worth replacing?

Running above the category average, $121/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.

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

If you're keeping it

At $121/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

Where this number comes from

Ranked 4,258 of 4,704, the Samsung RF25C5A01 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 643 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.