Running cost for the SAPPHIRE SW243SZSS
At 118 kWh/yr, the SAPPHIRE SW243SZSS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $22 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
SAPPHIRE SW243SZSS against the category
That's 69.4% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 44 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 $50/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
SMEG Spa CVIU138 ($23/yr, 120 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the SAPPHIRE SW243SZSS. Monogram ZIW241NBW**** ($22/yr, 118 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the SAPPHIRE lineup
SAPPHIRE sells 10 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $27/year under the SR24-SSADA, its priciest.
SAPPHIRE SW243SZSS over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $22/year, the SAPPHIRE SW243SZSS adds up to about $288 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
The SAPPHIRE SW243SZSS is already efficient for its category at $22/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The SAPPHIRE SW243SZSS already costs $22/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 44 of 4,704, the SAPPHIRE SW243SZSS 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.