Samsung RF32CG5400 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Samsung RF32CG5400: running cost
At 785 kWh/yr, the Samsung RF32CG5400's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $148 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung RF32CG5400 against the category
That's 103.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,689 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 $75/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Samsung RF32CG5B10 ($148/yr, 785 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung RF32CG5400. LG LM29VSP7C ($148/yr, 785 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Samsung lineup
Samsung makes 101 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 99 of 101 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RT18DG6300 at $63/yr, and its priciest, the RF32CG5B30 at $148/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung RF32CG5400 costs roughly $1,919 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung RF32CG5400 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 $148/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Samsung RF32CG5400 already costs $148/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 4,689 of 4,704, the Samsung RF32CG5400 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.