upstreman FR17 Pro-Stainless Steel Running Cost…
What the upstreman FR17 Pro-Stainless Steel costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the upstreman FR17 Pro-Stainless Steel at 245 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $46 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
upstreman FR17 Pro-Stainless Steel against the category
That's 36.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,057 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $27/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
upstreman FR17 Pro-White ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the upstreman FR17 Pro-Stainless Steel. upstreman FR17 Pro-Red ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing upstreman's own models
upstreman makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 70 of 115 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FR17-Blue at $39/yr, and its priciest, the FD182-# at $86/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the upstreman FR17 Pro-Stainless Steel costs roughly $599 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The upstreman FR17 Pro-Stainless Steel is already efficient for its category at $46/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the upstreman FR17 Pro-Stainless Steel ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 245 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.