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SAPPHIRE SR243SSPRADA Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Running cost for the SAPPHIRE SR243SSPRADA

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$40/year at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the SAPPHIRE SR243SSPRADA at 214 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.11per day
$3.35per month
214kWh per year, certified
$523over a 13-yr lifespan

The $40 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

SAPPHIRE SR243SSPRADA against the category

That's 44.6% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 541 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 $32/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Sunbeam REFSB27B ($40/yr, 214 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the SAPPHIRE SR243SSPRADA. LIVART LVR-027B ($40/yr, 214 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Comparing SAPPHIRE's own models

SAPPHIRE makes 10 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 4 of 10 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the SW243SZSS at $22/yr, and its priciest, the SR24-SSADA at $49/yr.

What this adds up to over time

13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $40/year, the SAPPHIRE SR243SSPRADA adds up to about $523 in electricity over that span.

Is it worth replacing?

The SAPPHIRE SR243SSPRADA is already efficient for its category at $40/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

Whether or not the SAPPHIRE SR243SSPRADA ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

Sourcing

Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.