Danby DBC117A1 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Danby DBC117A1 costs to run
At 258 kWh/yr, the Danby DBC117A1's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $49 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Danby DBC117A1 against the category
That's 33.2% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,216 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 $24/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Danby DBC117A2 ($49/yr, 258 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Danby DBC117A1. Zline RBSO-ST-24 ($48/yr, 257 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Danby lineup
Danby makes 58 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 17 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Danby DBC117A1 that long and it costs about $631 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Danby DBC117A1 is already efficient for its category at $49/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 DBC117A1 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 258 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 1,216 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.