Sunbeam SGR27ME Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Sunbeam SGR27ME
Brand: Sunbeam

What the Sunbeam SGR27ME costs to run

One of the cheaper models in its category to run

$40/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the Sunbeam SGR27ME 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

Price it at your own rate instead

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

Sunbeam SGR27ME against the category

That's 44.6% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 543 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

TCL MR221S ($40/yr, 214 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Sunbeam SGR27ME. Sunbeam REFSB27B ($40/yr, 214 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Same brand, different models

Sunbeam makes 8 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 5 of 8 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the REFSB17 at $39/yr, and its priciest, the SGR31TE at $60/yr.

What this adds up to over time

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Sunbeam SGR27ME that long and it costs about $523 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Is it worth replacing?

The Sunbeam SGR27ME 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.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.

Protecting what you have

At $40/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

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.