Danby DBM187E1WDB Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Danby DBM187E1WDB
At 466 kWh/yr, the Danby DBM187E1WDB's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $88 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Danby DBM187E1WDB against the category
That's 20.7% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,349 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 $15/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
ELEMENT ERBM19 ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Danby DBM187E1WDB. Danby DBM187E1SSDB ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Danby lineup
Danby makes 58 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 56 of 58 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the DBC031L1SS at $22/yr, and its priciest, the DBM187E1WDB at $103/yr.
Danby DBM187E1WDB 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 DBM187E1WDB that long and it costs about $1,139 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $88/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Danby DBM187E1WDB 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 466 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.