EuroDesign RDBM191**: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the EuroDesign RDBM191** at 466 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
That $88 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.7% above it, ranking 3,354 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 $15/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 EuroDesign RDBM191**: EuroDesign EDBM192SE ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr), then FORNO, Elisii FFFFD1791-33WHT, FFFFD1791-33BLK, FFFFD1791-33RED, DFFFD1791-33WHT, DFFFD1791-33BLK, DFFFD1791-33RED ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr).
Within the EuroDesign lineup
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators EuroDesign makes, the RDBM191** costs the most to run, $43/year more than EuroDesign's cheapest, the EDR085S.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the EuroDesign RDBM191** that long and it costs about $1,139 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $88/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the EuroDesign RDBM191** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 466 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.