West Bend WBAR16F1B Running Cost (Refrigerator)
West Bend WBAR16F1B: running cost
At 247 kWh/yr, the West Bend WBAR16F1B's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $46 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 36% less, ranking 1,096 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $26/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the West Bend WBAR16F1B: West Bend WBAR16F0W ($46/yr, 247 kWh/yr), then West Bend WBAR16F3S ($46/yr, 247 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 3 of West Bend's 11 certified refrigerators, this sits between the WB0310RCRX ($41/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WBFF24VDLJM# ($79/yr, its priciest).
West Bend WBAR16F1B over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $46/year, the West Bend WBAR16F1B adds up to about $604 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $46/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
The West Bend WBAR16F1B already costs $46/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 1,096 of 4,704, the West Bend WBAR16F1B 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 247 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.