Crosley CFDMH1834AW Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Crosley CFDMH1834AW: running cost
The Crosley CFDMH1834AW is certified by ENERGY STAR at 465 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $87 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 20.5% above it, ranking 3,319 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 $15/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 CFDMH1834AW: Crosley CFDMH1834AS ($87/yr, 465 kWh/yr), then ELEMENT ERFD19CGC ($87/yr, 465 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 18 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 CFDMH1834AW 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 CFDMH1834AW that long and it costs about $1,136 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $87/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
$87/year to run is the predictable cost of the Crosley CFDMH1834AW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
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. The 465 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.