Welcome. Welcome to Cloverdale Elementary School. Motto: I am proud to be a Cloverdale Cowboy, and the future of America. I have respect for myself, others, and property. There is no limit to what I can achieve.
Multiply the price per kilowatt-hour by the number of kilowatt-hours per day your refrigerator consumes. Based on the average California price per kilowatt-hour of 16.4 cents, a unit consuming 2.4 kilowatt-hours per day would cost 39 cents each day to operate.ivide the wattage of your refrigerator by 3. Your refrigerator cycles on and off, and only consumes the maximum wattage about one-third of the time it's plugged in, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. For a typical 300-watt unit, divide by 3 to get 100 watts before attempting to calculate operating costs.
The numbers are convincing. For instance, if your fridge was made before 1980 and cools 19-21 cubic feet, you could save $1,005 over five years by upgrading. The calculator says your old clunker costs $246 a year to run, but an Energy Star qualified fridge costs just $45 a year to run.Thatâs $201 cheaper per year!f you are running a second freezer, you could unplug it and save $174 a year. (Thatâs for a 19-21 cubic foot freezer made before 1980.) Both calculations are using the average national price of $.11 per kilowatt hour.