Running cost for the Samsung RT16A6195**
At 429 kWh/yr, the Samsung RT16A6195**'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $81 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Samsung RT16A6195** against the category
That's 11.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,054 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 $8/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Summit FFBF151W ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Samsung RT16A6195**. PORTER&CHARLES PC28SS ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Samsung's own models
Samsung makes 101 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 13 of 101 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the RT18DG6300** at $63/yr, and its priciest, the RF32CG5B30** at $148/yr.
Samsung RT16A6195** over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Samsung RT16A6195** costs roughly $1,048 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Samsung RT16A6195** 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 $81/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The Samsung RT16A6195** already costs $81/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 429 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 3,054 of 4,704, the Samsung RT16A6195** 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.