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Running cost for the Westbend WB2220FDBMRSS

One of the more expensive models in its category to run
$111/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the Westbend WB2220FDBMRSS at 590 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.

$0.30per day
$9.24per month
590kWh per year, certified
$1,442over a 13-yr lifespan

The $111 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Westbend WB2220FDBMRSS against the category

That's 52.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,042 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $38/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Zline RBIT-36 ($111/yr, 590 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Westbend WB2220FDBMRSS. TRUARCTIC TRFD2336HSS ($111/yr, 590 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the Westbend lineup

Among Westbend's 3 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $42/year over the WBFF18DLJ#**, the brand's cheapest.

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 Westbend WB2220FDBMRSS that long and it costs about $1,442 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Weighing a replacement

At $111/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 Westbend WB2220FDBMRSS or its replacement.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.

Protecting what you have

$111/year to run is the predictable cost of the Westbend WB2220FDBMRSS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.

Sourcing

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.