EuroDesign RDBM191 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
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.