Refrigerator vs Second refrigerator: which costs more to run? (2026)
Estimates use U.S. average $0.180 $/kWh, typical wattage, and typical hours/day from our catalog. Adjust on each appliance page.
Refrigerator
- Typical watts
- 150 W
- Hours/day
- 24
- Monthly est.
- $19.42
- kWh/mo
- 108.0
Second refrigerator
- Typical watts
- 150 W
- Hours/day
- 24
- Monthly est.
- $19.42
- kWh/mo
- 108.0
Roughly similar monthly cost at these typical values.