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Danby DAR016A1 Running Cost (Refrigerator)

Running cost for the Danby DAR016A1

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$46/year at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the Danby DAR016A1 at 245 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.13per day
$3.84per month
245kWh per year, certified
$599over a 13-yr lifespan

The $46 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Danby DAR016A1 against the category

That's 36.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,018 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 $27/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Danby DAR016B1BM ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Danby DAR016A1. Dacor DRR24G7400 ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the Danby lineup

Danby makes 58 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 13 of 58 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DBC031L1SS at $22/yr, and its priciest, the DBM187E1WDB at $103/yr.

Cost over its typical lifespan

Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Danby DAR016A1 costs roughly $599 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.

Shopping for a new one

The Danby DAR016A1 is already efficient for its category at $46/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.

Protecting what you have

Whether or not the Danby DAR016A1 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

Sourcing

Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.