Whirlpool WRFF3136SW Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Whirlpool WRFF3136SW: running cost
At 645 kWh/yr, the Whirlpool WRFF3136SW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $121 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 67.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,268 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 $49/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 Whirlpool WRFF3136SB ($121/yr, 645 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Whirlpool WRFF3136SZ ($121/yr, 645 kWh/yr).
Comparing Whirlpool's own models
Whirlpool makes 156 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 107 of 156 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the AMA27S1E at $40/yr, and its priciest, the WRF995FIF at $142/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 Whirlpool WRFF3136SW that long and it costs about $1,576 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Whirlpool WRFF3136SW runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $121/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$121/year to run is the predictable cost of the Whirlpool WRFF3136SW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
The data behind this page
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. The 645 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.