Dacor DRF36C500 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Dacor DRF36C500 costs to run
At 635 kWh/yr, the Dacor DRF36C500's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $119 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Dacor DRF36C500 against the category
That's 64.5% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,237 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 $47/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Samsung RF23B7671 ($119/yr, 635 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Dacor DRF36C500. Samsung RF23DB9750 ($119/yr, 634 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Dacor makes 15 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 11 of 15 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DRW24G7500 at $18/yr, and its priciest, the DRS425300 at $148/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Dacor DRF36C500 costs roughly $1,552 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Dacor DRF36C500 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 $119/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Dacor DRF36C500 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 635 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.