What the Crosley CFDMH1834AW costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Crosley CFDMH1834AW at 549 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $103 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Crosley CFDMH1834AW against the category
That's 42.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,712 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
Dacor DRF36530*** ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Crosley CFDMH1834AW. Crosley CFDMH1834AS ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Crosley's own models
Crosley makes 35 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 23 of 35 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the ARX443UW at $42/yr, and its priciest, the CFEH2868A* at $136/yr.
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 CFDMH1834AW that long and it costs about $1,342 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Crosley CFDMH1834AW 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.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
$103/year to run is the predictable cost of the Crosley CFDMH1834AW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
At rank 3,712 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.