Danby DAR044A9 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Danby DAR044A9
At 268 kWh/yr, the Danby DAR044A9's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $50 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 30.6% less, ranking 1,384 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 $22/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 Danby DAR044A9: Danby DAR044A6 ($50/yr, 268 kWh/yr), then Danby Designer DAR044A4 ($50/yr, 268 kWh/yr).
Comparing Danby's own models
Ranked 23 of Danby's 58 certified refrigerators, this sits between the DBC031L1SS ($22/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DBM187E1WDB ($103/yr, its priciest).
Danby DAR044A9 over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Danby DAR044A9 that long and it costs about $655 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $50/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
At $50/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 268 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 1,384 of 4,704, the Danby DAR044A9 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.