Running cost for the upstreman FR17H
ENERGY STAR certifies the upstreman FR17H at 208 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $39 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 FR17H compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 46.1% less, ranking 468 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $33/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the upstreman FR17H on that list: upstreman FR17G ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while upstreman FR17I ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 24 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).
upstreman FR17H over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the upstreman FR17H costs roughly $508 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $39/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
Whether or not the upstreman FR17H 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
Ranked 468 of 4,704, the upstreman FR17H 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.