Samsung RF29DB9600 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Samsung RF29DB9600 costs to run
The Samsung RF29DB9600 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 704 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $132 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 82.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,489 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $60/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Samsung RF29A9675 ($132/yr, 704 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Samsung RF29DB9700 ($132/yr, 704 kWh/yr).
Within the Samsung lineup
Samsung makes 101 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 76 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 RF29DB9600 that long and it costs about $1,721 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung RF29DB9600 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 $132/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Samsung RF29DB9600 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.