SANKEY RF 2360 W Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the SANKEY RF 2360 W costs to run
The SANKEY RF 2360 W is certified by ENERGY STAR at 396 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $74 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 2.6% above it, ranking 2,903 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 $2/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 SANKEY RF 2360 W: Midea WHD-774FWE1 ($74/yr, 396 kWh/yr), then SANKEY RF 2361 BL ($74/yr, 396 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 4 of SANKEY's 6 certified refrigerators, this sits between the RF 1960 W ($68/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the RF 2363 SS ($74/yr, its priciest).
SANKEY RF 2360 W over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the SANKEY RF 2360 W that long and it costs about $968 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $74/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
$74/year to run is the predictable cost of the SANKEY RF 2360 W; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 396 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.