Samsung RF70F27SE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Samsung RF70F27SE: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Samsung RF70F27SE at 730 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $137 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung RF70F27SE against the category
That's 89.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,573 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 $65/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
KitchenAid KRMF436SBE ($138/yr, 733 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung RF70F27SE. Samsung RF27CG5B30 ($137/yr, 730 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Samsung lineup
Samsung makes 101 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 91 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
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $137/year, the Samsung RF70F27SE adds up to about $1,784 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The Samsung RF70F27SE 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 $137/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The Samsung RF70F27SE already costs $137/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 4,573 of 4,704, the Samsung RF70F27SE 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 730 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.