Crosley CFDMH1834AS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Crosley CFDMH1834AS
The Crosley CFDMH1834AS is certified by ENERGY STAR at 549 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $103 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Crosley CFDMH1834AS against the category
That's 42.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,711 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $31/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Crosley CFDMH1834AW ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Crosley CFDMH1834AS. Crosley CFDMH1834AB ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Crosley lineup
Crosley makes 35 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 22 of 35 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ARX443UW at $42/yr, and its priciest, the CFEH2868A at $136/yr.
Crosley CFDMH1834AS over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Crosley CFDMH1834AS costs roughly $1,342 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Weighing a replacement
The Crosley CFDMH1834AS 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.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Crosley CFDMH1834AS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
At rank 3,711 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 549 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.