EcoMax EF25199-A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the EcoMax EF25199-A
At 215 kWh/yr, the EcoMax EF25199-A's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $40 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
EcoMax EF25199-A against the category
That's 44.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 553 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 $32/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frestec FTC31RE ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the EcoMax EF25199-A. Avanti AVRM25F1B ($40/yr, 215 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Among EcoMax's 2 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $3/year over the EF-32199-B-2, the brand's cheapest.
EcoMax EF25199-A over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the EcoMax EF25199-A that long and it costs about $525 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The EcoMax EF25199-A is already efficient for its category at $40/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The EcoMax EF25199-A already costs $40/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
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.