Crosley ARX443UW Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Crosley ARX443UW costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Crosley ARX443UW at 226 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $42 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.
How the Crosley ARX443UW compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 41.5% less, ranking 808 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $30/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Crosley ARX443UW on that list: BLACK DECKER BCRK43B ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Cuisinart 043-1894-4 ($42/yr, 226 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 35 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Crosley makes, the ARX443UW is the cheapest to run, $94/year less than Crosley's priciest, the CFEH2868A.
Crosley ARX443UW over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Crosley ARX443UW that long and it costs about $552 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $42/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$42/year to run is the predictable cost of the Crosley ARX443UW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
How this was checked
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.