VITARA VTFR1800E Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the VITARA VTFR1800E
The VITARA VTFR1800E is certified by ENERGY STAR at 360 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $68 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 VITARA VTFR1800E compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 6.7% less, ranking 2,517 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $5/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the VITARA VTFR1800E on that list: VITARA VTFR1800 ($68/yr, 360 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while VITARA VTFR1800EBE ($68/yr, 360 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the VITARA lineup
Ranked 26 of VITARA's 84 certified refrigerators, this sits between the VLUF1101EBE ($47/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the VFFR2103ESE ($108/yr, its priciest).
VITARA VTFR1800E over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the VITARA VTFR1800E that long and it costs about $880 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $68/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
The VITARA VTFR1800E already costs $68/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
How this was checked
Ranked 2,517 of 4,704, the VITARA VTFR1800E 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 360 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.