SKS SKSCW241 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the SKS SKSCW241
The SKS SKSCW241 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 175 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $33 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.
How the SKS SKSCW241 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 54.7% less, ranking 184 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $40/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the SKS SKSCW241 on that list: Signature Kitchen Suite SKSCW241 ($33/yr, 175 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Fhiaba S240FW3U ($33/yr, 177 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 3 of SKS's 10 certified refrigerators, this sits between the SKSUW2401 ($19/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the SKSSB4202 ($143/yr, its priciest).
SKS SKSCW241 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the SKS SKSCW241 that long and it costs about $428 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $33/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$33/year to run is the predictable cost of the SKS SKSCW241; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Ranked 184 of 4,704, the SKS SKSCW241 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. The 175 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.