Crosley CBMH1873A*: running cost
The Crosley CBMH1873A* is certified by ENERGY STAR at 466 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $88 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 CBMH1873A* compares to other refrigerators
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.7% above it, ranking 3,347 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $15/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Crosley CBMH1873A* on that list: Crosley CBMH1873** ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Danby DBM187E1SSDB ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 20 of Crosley's 35 certified refrigerators, this sits between the ARX443UW ($42/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CFEH2868A* ($136/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Crosley CBMH1873A* that long and it costs about $1,139 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Crosley CBMH1873A* runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $88/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Crosley CBMH1873A* ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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. At rank 3,347 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.