Urban Bonfire HU24R4C-- Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Urban Bonfire HU24R4C--
ENERGY STAR certifies the Urban Bonfire HU24R4C-- at 276 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $52 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 28.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,560 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 $21/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 Summit FF708BLSS ($52/yr, 276 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Zephyr PRRD24C1AS ($52/yr, 276 kWh/yr).
Within the Urban Bonfire lineup
The Urban Bonfire HU24R4C-- is the only refrigerator from Urban Bonfire that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full refrigerator category.
Urban Bonfire HU24R4C-- over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Urban Bonfire HU24R4C-- that long and it costs about $675 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Urban Bonfire HU24R4C-- is already efficient for its category at $52/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Urban Bonfire HU24R4C-- is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
The data behind this page
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 276 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.