Running cost for the Danby DFF101B2WDB
At 297 kWh/yr, the Danby DFF101B2WDB's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $56 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.
How the Danby DFF101B2WDB compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 23.1% less, ranking 1,702 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $17/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Danby DFF101B2WDB on that list: Danby DFF101B1BSSDB ($56/yr, 297 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while ELEMENT ENR10TFGB** ($56/yr, 297 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Within the Danby lineup
Ranked 27 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 DFF101B2WDB over 13 years
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $56/year, the Danby DFF101B2WDB adds up to about $726 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $56/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
Whether or not the Danby DFF101B2WDB ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
Ranked 1,702 of 4,704, the Danby DFF101B2WDB 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. The 297 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.