Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826 Running Cost…

Name: Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826
Brand: Signature Kitchen Suite

Running cost for the Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826

One of the more expensive models in its category to run

$123/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

The Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 654 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.

$0.34per day

$10.25per month

654kWh per year, certified

$1,598over a 13-yr lifespan

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The $123 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826 against the category

That's 69.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,307 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 above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

SKS SKSFD4826 ($123/yr, 654 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826. Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826 ($123/yr, 654 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

Signature Kitchen Suite makes 12 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 9 of 12 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the SKSUW2401 at $19/yr, and its priciest, the SKSSB4202 at $143/yr.

Cost over its typical lifespan

Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826 costs roughly $1,598 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.

Is it worth replacing?

The Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826 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.

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

Protecting what you have

$123/year to run is the predictable cost of the Signature Kitchen Suite SKSFD4826; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.

Sourcing

Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 654 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.