Silhouette Professional SPRAR055D1SS Running Cost…
Running cost for the Silhouette Professional SPRAR055D1SS
The Silhouette Professional SPRAR055D1SS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 240 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $45 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 37.8% less, ranking 981 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 $27/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 Silhouette Professional SPRAR055D1SS: Silhouette Professional DAR055D1BSSPRO ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr), then U-Line 1224KEGRA ($45/yr, 240 kWh/yr).
Comparing Silhouette Professional's own models
Ranked 2 of Silhouette Professional's 3 certified refrigerators, this sits between the DAR055D1BSSPRO ($45/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DKC055D1SSPRO-1 ($47/yr, its priciest).
Silhouette Professional SPRAR055D1SS over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $45/year, the Silhouette Professional SPRAR055D1SS adds up to about $587 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $45/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
Whether or not the Silhouette Professional SPRAR055D1SS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
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.