Samsung RF29DB9700**: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Samsung RF29DB9700** at 704 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $132 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 RF29DB9700** compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 82.4% above it, ranking 4,490 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $60/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Samsung RF29DB9700** on that list: Samsung RF29DB9600** ($132/yr, 704 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Samsung RF29DB9750** ($132/yr, 704 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Samsung's own models
Ranked 77 of Samsung's 101 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RT18DG6300** ($63/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF32CG5B30** ($148/yr, its priciest).
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 RF29DB9700** that long and it costs about $1,721 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung RF29DB9700** 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.
If you're keeping it
The Samsung RF29DB9700** already costs $132/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
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 4,490 of 4,704, the Samsung RF29DB9700** 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.