DOMETIC EA15F Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the DOMETIC EA15F
The DOMETIC EA15F is certified by ENERGY STAR at 235 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $44 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 39.1% less, ranking 964 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 $28/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 DOMETIC EA15F: DOMETIC DE15F ($44/yr, 235 kWh/yr), then ELLIPSE ERT085W ($44/yr, 235 kWh/yr).
Comparing DOMETIC's own models
Ranked 13 of DOMETIC's 15 certified refrigerators, this sits between the C40S1 ($20/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the EA24D ($50/yr, its priciest).
DOMETIC EA15F over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the DOMETIC EA15F that long and it costs about $574 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $44/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 DOMETIC EA15F 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. 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.