Samsung RF32CG5B10 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Samsung RF32CG5B10: running cost
At 785 kWh/yr, the Samsung RF32CG5B10's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $148 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 103.4% above it, ranking 4,690 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 $75/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 RF32CG5B10: Samsung RF32CG5400 ($148/yr, 785 kWh/yr), then Samsung RF32CG5B30 ($148/yr, 785 kWh/yr).
Comparing Samsung's own models
Ranked 100 of Samsung's 101 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RT18DG6300 ($63/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF32CG5B30 ($148/yr, its priciest).
Samsung RF32CG5B10 over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung RF32CG5B10 costs roughly $1,919 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Samsung RF32CG5B10 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.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Samsung RF32CG5B10 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.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 785 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.