YOUR APPLIANCE. YOUR TARIFF.
Appliance replacement-payback calculator
Estimate whether electricity savings recover the net cost of replacing a working appliance, using your own consumption, tariff and costs.
KEEP OR REPLACE
Will electricity savings pay it back?
Simple electricity-savings payback
$70.00 annual electricity savings · 350 kWh / year
Net upfront cost: $710.00
- Keep · electricity over 5 years
- $600.00
- Replace · net purchase + electricity
- $960.00
- Net savings from replacing over 5 years
- -$360.00
The replacement costs more over this comparison period. Its simple payback is beyond 5 years.
How we calculate this
(600 − 250) kWh × 0.2 per kWh = $70.00 annual savings. $710.00 ÷ $70.00 = 10.1 years.
Net upfront cost = purchase + installation + disposal − confirmed credits. Keeping includes the current appliance's electricity; replacing includes net upfront cost and replacement electricity. Both use constant consumption and tariff. The old purchase price is excluded.
This assumes the current working appliance remains usable over the chosen period. Repairs, failure, financing, tariff changes and environmental impacts are excluded. The period is your scenario, not a lifespan forecast.
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