FARBERWARE FW-MRF172US-TU-I6A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the FARBERWARE FW-MRF172US-TU-I6A
The FARBERWARE FW-MRF172US-TU-I6A is certified by ENERGY STAR at 457 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $86 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 18.4% above it, ranking 3,243 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 $13/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 FARBERWARE FW-MRF172US-TU-I6A: FARBERWARE FW-MRF171US-TU-I6A ($86/yr, 457 kWh/yr), then FARBERWARE FW-MRF179US-TU-I6A ($86/yr, 457 kWh/yr).
Comparing FARBERWARE's own models
Ranked 12 of FARBERWARE's 15 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FW-UFR701US ($46/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FW-FRF192 ($118/yr, its priciest).
FARBERWARE FW-MRF172US-TU-I6A over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the FARBERWARE FW-MRF172US-TU-I6A that long and it costs about $1,117 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The FARBERWARE FW-MRF172US-TU-I6A runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $86/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
At $86/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
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. The 457 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.