TRUARCTIC TARBM1224SV Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the TRUARCTIC TARBM1224SV
At 397 kWh/yr, the TRUARCTIC TARBM1224SV's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $75 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 2.8% above it, ranking 2,918 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 $2/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 TRUARCTIC TARBM1224SV: Sharp SJB1255GS ($75/yr, 397 kWh/yr), then Vesta VRF-NUNAVUT-24SS ($75/yr, 397 kWh/yr).
Comparing TRUARCTIC's own models
Ranked 16 of TRUARCTIC's 30 certified refrigerators, this sits between the THRF14522SS ($50/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the TRFD2336HSS ($111/yr, its priciest).
TRUARCTIC TARBM1224SV over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $75/year, the TRUARCTIC TARBM1224SV adds up to about $970 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $75/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
Whether or not the TRUARCTIC TARBM1224SV 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
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.