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It costs $180 but could cost you $80 per year to run if the refrigerator temperature is set to the recommended 37 degrees (based on a national average of 11.8 cents per kilowatt hour).That's more than some 31 cubic foot models.he two-door Avanti RA3100WT, $200, with 3.1 claimed cubic feet could cost you about $50 per year to run. A better option is our top-rated compact, the Frigidaire FFPH44M4L[M] , $220. This 4.4 claimed-cubic-foot fridge costs about $27 a year to operate, according to our tests.
At 15 kWh, trading in a pre-1986 fridge for a new efficient one would save about $158 a year in electricity costs. And some older fridges are even worse than the average. One reader estimates her savings to be $238 per year for trading in her 1979 fridge for a 2004 model.ridge should be 36-40F, and the freezer should be 0-5F (-17 to -10C). Fridges set 10 degrees lower than needed (or freezers set 5 degrees lower than needed) can increase energy use by as much as 20-25%. Personally, I set my own fridge to 56 because as a vegan I never store super-perishables like meat or dairy.