Wood's WFF100S Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Wood's WFF100S costs to run
At 298 kWh/yr, the Wood's WFF100S's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $56 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 22.8% less, ranking 1,761 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 $17/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 Wood's WFF100S: Wood's WFF100B ($56/yr, 298 kWh/yr), then Wood's WFF100SL ($56/yr, 298 kWh/yr).
Comparing Wood's's own models
Ranked 2 of Wood's's 8 certified refrigerators, this sits between the WFF100B ($56/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the WFF180W ($69/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $56/year, the Wood's WFF100S adds up to about $728 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $56/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Wood's WFF100S ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 1,761 of 4,704, the Wood's WFF100S 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.