Samsung RF27T5501 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Samsung RF27T5501 costs to run
At 746 kWh/yr, the Samsung RF27T5501's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $140 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung RF27T5501 against the category
That's 93.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,605 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 $68/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Sub-Zero CL4850S/S/ ($140/yr, 746 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung RF27T5501. Hisense RF303D3FSEI ($140/yr, 744 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Samsung's own models
Samsung makes 101 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 92 of 101 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RT18DG6300 at $63/yr, and its priciest, the RF32CG5B30 at $148/yr.
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 Samsung RF27T5501 that long and it costs about $1,823 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung RF27T5501 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 $140/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Samsung RF27T5501 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 746 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 4,605 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.