Samsung RF28T5A01 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Samsung RF28T5A01
At 645 kWh/yr, the Samsung RF28T5A01's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
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 67.1% above it, ranking 4,266 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 $49/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 RF28T5A01: Samsung RF28T5021 ($121/yr, 645 kWh/yr), then Whirlpool WRFF3136SB ($121/yr, 645 kWh/yr).
Within the Samsung lineup
Ranked 57 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 RF28T5A01 over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $121/year, the Samsung RF28T5A01 adds up to about $1,576 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung RF28T5A01 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 $121/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
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
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 4,266 of 4,704, the Samsung RF28T5A01 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.