Thermador T30IB900SP Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Thermador T30IB900SP costs to run
At 498 kWh/yr, the Thermador T30IB900SP's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $94 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Thermador T30IB900SP against the category
That's 29% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,490 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 $21/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Bertazzoni REF28BMBIPNV ($94/yr, 499 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Thermador T30IB900SP. Miele KF 2811 Vi ($94/yr, 498 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Thermador's own models
Thermador makes 54 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 30 of 54 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the T24IR905SP at $48/yr, and its priciest, the T48IT100NP at $126/yr.
Thermador T30IB900SP over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Thermador T30IB900SP that long and it costs about $1,217 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Thermador T30IB900SP 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 $94/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Thermador T30IB900SP is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
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. The 498 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.