upstreman FR17-Blue Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: upstreman FR17-Blue
Brand: upstreman

Running cost for the upstreman FR17-Blue

One of the cheaper models in its category to run

$39/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

At 208 kWh/yr, the upstreman FR17-Blue's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.

$0.11per day

$3.26per month

208kWh per year, certified

$508over a 13-yr lifespan

Swap in your own state’s rate

The $39 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Where this ranks

That's 46.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 445 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $33/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.

The closest alternatives by cost

Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Sunbeam SGR17ME ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is upstreman FR17-Green ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr).

Within the upstreman lineup

upstreman sells 115 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $47/year under the FD182-#, its priciest.

upstreman FR17-Blue over 13 years

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the upstreman FR17-Blue that long and it costs about $508 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Weighing a replacement

The upstreman FR17-Blue is already efficient for its category at $39/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

At $39/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.

The data behind this page

Ranked 445 of 4,704, the upstreman FR17-Blue 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 208 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.