Crosley CFDMH1834AB Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Crosley CFDMH1834AB: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Crosley CFDMH1834AB at 549 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
That $103 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 42.2% above it, ranking 3,710 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 $31/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 Crosley CFDMH1834AB: AVIVA ARBM184FSE3 ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr), then Crosley CFDMH1834AS ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr).
Within the Crosley lineup
Ranked 21 of Crosley's 35 certified refrigerators, this sits between the ARX443UW ($42/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the CFEH2868A ($136/yr, its priciest).
Crosley CFDMH1834AB over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Crosley CFDMH1834AB costs roughly $1,342 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Crosley CFDMH1834AB 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 $103/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Crosley CFDMH1834AB already costs $103/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 3,710 of 4,704, the Crosley CFDMH1834AB sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.