Samsung RF29DB9750 Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Samsung RF29DB9750
Brand: Samsung

What the Samsung RF29DB9750 costs to run

One of the more expensive models in its category to run

$132/year at the national-average rate

At 704 kWh/yr, the Samsung RF29DB9750's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.

$0.36per day

$11.03per month

704kWh per year, certified

$1,721over a 13-yr lifespan

See this at your own electricity rate

The $132 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Samsung RF29DB9750 against the category

That's 82.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,491 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 $60/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Samsung RF27T5201 ($133/yr, 705 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung RF29DB9750. Samsung RF29DB9700 ($132/yr, 704 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

Samsung makes 101 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 78 of 101 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RT18DG6300 at $63/yr, and its priciest, the RF32CG5B30 at $148/yr.

Samsung RF29DB9750 over 13 years

Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung RF29DB9750 costs roughly $1,721 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.

Shopping for a new one

At $132/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Samsung RF29DB9750 or its replacement.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

At $132/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

Sourcing

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. The 704 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.