upstreman BR321-Vintage Indigo Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the upstreman BR321-Vintage Indigo
The upstreman BR321-Vintage Indigo is certified by ENERGY STAR at 218 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $41 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 upstreman BR321-Vintage Indigo compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43.5% less, ranking 668 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $32/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the upstreman BR321-Vintage Indigo on that list: upstreman BR321-Vintage Green ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while upstreman BR321-Vintage Orange ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the upstreman lineup
Ranked 37 of upstreman's 115 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FR17-Blue ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FD182-# ($86/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 upstreman BR321-Vintage Indigo that long and it costs about $533 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/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 upstreman BR321-Vintage Indigo already costs $41/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Ranked 668 of 4,704, the upstreman BR321-Vintage Indigo 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 218 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.