Wood's WFF180B Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Wood's WFF180B: running cost
At 366 kWh/yr, the Wood's WFF180B's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $69 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Wood's WFF180B against the category
That's 5.2% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,644 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 $4/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Wood's WFF180S ($69/yr, 366 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Wood's WFF180B. LG LT18SO000V ($69/yr, 366 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Wood's lineup
Wood's makes 8 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 5 of 8 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WFF100B at $56/yr, and its priciest, the WFF180W at $69/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 Wood's WFF180B that long and it costs about $895 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Wood's WFF180B is already efficient for its category at $69/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
A refrigerator like the Wood's WFF180B is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 2,644 of 4,704, the Wood's WFF180B 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.