Cafe CVE28DMNG Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Name: Cafe CVE28DMNG
Brand: Cafe

Running cost for the Cafe CVE28DMNG

One of the more expensive models in its category to run

$142/year at 18.8¢/kWh, the 51-state average

ENERGY STAR certifies the Cafe CVE28DMNG at 757 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.

$0.39per day

$11.86per month

757kWh per year, certified

$1,850over a 13-yr lifespan

Price it at your own rate instead

That $142 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.

Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator

The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 96.1% above it, ranking 4,630 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $70/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.

Right next to it on the list

A rank or two either side of the Cafe CVE28DMNG: Cafe CVE28DMNF ($142/yr, 757 kWh/yr), then Cafe CVE28DMNH ($142/yr, 757 kWh/yr).

Comparing Cafe's own models

Ranked 22 of Cafe's 35 certified refrigerators, this sits between the CCP06BPP ($52/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CVE28DP4NH ($142/yr, its priciest).

Cost over its typical lifespan

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Cafe CVE28DMNG that long and it costs about $1,850 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Shopping for a new one

At $142/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Cafe CVE28DMNG or its replacement.

Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.

If you're keeping it

Whether or not the Cafe CVE28DMNG ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

Where this number comes from

At rank 4,630 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 757 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.