Samsung RS28CB7600 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Samsung RS28CB7600
ENERGY STAR certifies the Samsung RS28CB7600 at 656 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $123 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 69.9% above it, ranking 4,317 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 $51/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 RS28CB7600: Samsung RF90F29BE ($123/yr, 656 kWh/yr), then Bertazzoni REF36FDFZXNT ($124/yr, 658 kWh/yr).
Within the Samsung lineup
Ranked 61 of Samsung's 101 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RT18DG6300 ($63/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF32CG5B30 ($148/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Samsung RS28CB7600 that long and it costs about $1,603 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung RS28CB7600 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 $123/year every year.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
The Samsung RS28CB7600 already costs $123/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
At rank 4,317 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 656 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.