FARBERWARE FW-MRF171US-TU-I6A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the FARBERWARE FW-MRF171US-TU-I6A
ENERGY STAR certifies the FARBERWARE FW-MRF171US-TU-I6A at 457 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $86 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
FARBERWARE FW-MRF171US-TU-I6A against the category
That's 18.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,242 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 $13/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
FARBERWARE FW-MRF172US-TU-I6A ($86/yr, 457 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the FARBERWARE FW-MRF171US-TU-I6A. Midea MDRM648FGF02PRR ($86/yr, 456 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing FARBERWARE's own models
FARBERWARE makes 15 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 11 of 15 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FW-UFR701US at $46/yr, and its priciest, the FW-FRF192 at $118/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 FARBERWARE FW-MRF171US-TU-I6A that long and it costs about $1,117 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $86/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the FARBERWARE FW-MRF171US-TU-I6A or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The FARBERWARE FW-MRF171US-TU-I6A already costs $86/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.