VITARA VBFR1800ESSE-C Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the VITARA VBFR1800ESSE-C costs to run
At 518 kWh/yr, the VITARA VBFR1800ESSE-C's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
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 3,580 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 VBFR1800ESSE ($97/yr, 518 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is VITARA VBFR1800EWE ($97/yr, 518 kWh/yr).
Comparing VITARA's own models
VITARA makes 84 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 66 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
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the VITARA VBFR1800ESSE-C costs roughly $1,266 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
At $97/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the VITARA VBFR1800ESSE-C or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the VITARA VBFR1800ESSE-C ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.