Danby Designer DAR110A1 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Danby Designer DAR110A1: running cost
At 249 kWh/yr, the Danby Designer DAR110A1's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $47 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 35.5% less, ranking 1,107 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 $26/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 Designer DAR110A1: Danby DAR110A3 ($47/yr, 249 kWh/yr), then Galanz BD-305WE-B-A-62H ($47/yr, 249 kWh/yr).
Comparing Danby Designer's own models
Ranked 5 of Danby Designer's 12 certified refrigerators, this sits between the DCR032A2 ($41/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the DCR032C3 ($60/yr, its priciest).
Danby Designer DAR110A1 over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Danby Designer DAR110A1 costs roughly $609 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $47/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
A refrigerator like the Danby Designer DAR110A1 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 1,107 of 4,704, the Danby Designer DAR110A1 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.