VITARA VBFR1800ESSE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the VITARA VBFR1800ESSE costs to run
The VITARA VBFR1800ESSE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 518 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $97 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 34.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,579 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 $25/year over 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 VITARA VBFR1800ESE-C ($97/yr, 518 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is VITARA VBFR1800ESSE-C ($97/yr, 518 kWh/yr).
Comparing VITARA's own models
VITARA makes 84 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 65 of 84 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the VLUF1101EBE at $47/yr, and its priciest, the VFFR2103ESE at $108/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the VITARA VBFR1800ESSE that long and it costs about $1,266 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $97/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$97/year to run is the predictable cost of the VITARA VBFR1800ESSE; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
The data behind this page
Ranked 3,579 of 4,704, the VITARA VBFR1800ESSE 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 518 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.