Thermador T24UR905LP Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Thermador T24UR905LP: running cost
At 274 kWh/yr, the Thermador T24UR905LP's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $52 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 29% less, ranking 1,518 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 $21/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 Thermador T24UR905LP: Thermador T24UR900RP ($52/yr, 274 kWh/yr), then Thermador T24UR905RP ($52/yr, 274 kWh/yr).
Within the Thermador lineup
Ranked 10 of Thermador's 54 certified refrigerators, this sits between the T24IR905SP ($48/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the T48IT100NP ($126/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Thermador T24UR905LP that long and it costs about $670 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $52/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
The Thermador T24UR905LP already costs $52/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 1,518 of 4,704, the Thermador T24UR905LP 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 274 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.