Vissani HVAR32GBEF Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Vissani HVAR32GBEF costs to run
The Vissani HVAR32GBEF is certified by ENERGY STAR at 258 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $49 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 Vissani HVAR32GBEF compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 33.2% less, ranking 1,242 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $24/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Vissani HVAR32GBEF on that list: Vissani HVAR32BE ($49/yr, 258 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Vissani HVAR32SE ($49/yr, 258 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Vissani lineup
Ranked 35 of Vissani's 112 certified refrigerators, this sits between the HVR32GSEF ($41/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MDBF18SS ($103/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 Vissani HVAR32GBEF that long and it costs about $631 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $49/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Vissani HVAR32GBEF 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 1,242 of 4,704, the Vissani HVAR32GBEF 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 258 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.