Crown CRNREF18WT Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Crown CRNREF18WT costs to run
At 363 kWh/yr, the Crown CRNREF18WT's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $68 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 6% less, ranking 2,589 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 $4/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 Crown CRNREF18WT: Crown CRNREF18SS ($68/yr, 363 kWh/yr), then Elisii DERTM180SW2 ($68/yr, 363 kWh/yr).
Within the Crown lineup
Of the 6 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Crown makes, the CRNREF18WT costs the most to run, $29/year more than Crown's cheapest, the CRNREF02WT.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Crown CRNREF18WT costs roughly $887 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $68/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Crown CRNREF18WT already costs $68/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
Ranked 2,589 of 4,704, the Crown CRNREF18WT 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. The 363 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.