Samsung RF29DB9900 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Samsung RF29DB9900: running cost
At 700 kWh/yr, the Samsung RF29DB9900's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 81.3% above it, ranking 4,479 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 $59/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 RF29DB9900: GE GFE26JYM ($132/yr, 700 kWh/yr), then Bosch B36FD10EN ($132/yr, 702 kWh/yr).
Within the Samsung lineup
Ranked 74 of Samsung's 101 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RT18DG6300 ($63/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF32CG5B30 ($148/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Samsung RF29DB9900 that long and it costs about $1,711 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung RF29DB9900 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 RF29DB9900 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.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 4,479 of 4,704, the Samsung RF29DB9900 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. The 700 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.