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DOMETIC DE15F: running cost

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$44/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the DOMETIC DE15F at 235 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.12per day
$3.68per month
235kWh per year, certified
$574over a 13-yr lifespan

The $44 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

DOMETIC DE15F against the category

That's 39.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 963 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 $28/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

DOMETIC EA15F ($44/yr, 235 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the DOMETIC DE15F. Ca’Lefort CLF-WS428 ($44/yr, 235 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Comparing DOMETIC's own models

DOMETIC makes 15 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 12 of 15 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the C40S1 at $20/yr, and its priciest, the EA24D at $50/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 DOMETIC DE15F that long and it costs about $574 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Weighing a replacement

The DOMETIC DE15F is already efficient for its category at $44/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

Whether or not the DOMETIC DE15F ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

Sourcing

Ranked 963 of 4,704, the DOMETIC DE15F 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 235 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.