Samsung RF27CG5900 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Samsung RF27CG5900: running cost
The Samsung RF27CG5900 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 726 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $136 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 Samsung RF27CG5900 compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 88.1% above it, ranking 4,567 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $64/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Samsung RF27CG5900 on that list: LG LRFS28XB ($136/yr, 726 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Frigidaire FRFS2811B ($137/yr, 727 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 87 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 RF27CG5900 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 RF27CG5900 that long and it costs about $1,774 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung RF27CG5900 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 $136/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $136/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 4,567 of 4,704, the Samsung RF27CG5900 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.