Running cost for the TRUARCTIC TRFD2336HSS
The TRUARCTIC TRFD2336HSS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 590 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $111 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.
How the TRUARCTIC TRFD2336HSS compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 52.8% above it, ranking 4,041 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $38/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the TRUARCTIC TRFD2336HSS on that list: Smeg CB3620UWI ($111/yr, 590 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Westbend WB2220FDBMRSS ($111/yr, 590 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 30 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators TRUARCTIC makes, the TRFD2336HSS costs the most to run, $61/year more than TRUARCTIC's cheapest, the THRF14522SS.
TRUARCTIC TRFD2336HSS over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the TRUARCTIC TRFD2336HSS that long and it costs about $1,442 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
At $111/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the TRUARCTIC TRFD2336HSS or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the TRUARCTIC TRFD2336HSS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
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 590 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.