THOR KITCHEN TRF3628FFD Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the THOR KITCHEN TRF3628FFD costs to run
The THOR KITCHEN TRF3628FFD is certified by ENERGY STAR at 743 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $140 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 92.5% above it, ranking 4,599 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 $67/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 THOR KITCHEN TRF3628FFD: Sharp SJF2955KS ($140/yr, 743 kWh/yr), then Zline RSM-W-36 ($140/yr, 743 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Of the 23 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators THOR KITCHEN makes, the TRF3628FFD costs the most to run, $90/year more than THOR KITCHEN's cheapest, the RBC24SSD.
THOR KITCHEN TRF3628FFD over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the THOR KITCHEN TRF3628FFD that long and it costs about $1,816 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The THOR KITCHEN TRF3628FFD 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 $140/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the THOR KITCHEN TRF3628FFD 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
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 743 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.