What the Fire Magic 3589-DL costs to run
The Fire Magic 3589-DL is certified by ENERGY STAR at 219 kWh a year, one of the cheaper models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Fire Magic 3589-DL against the category
That's 43.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 694 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 $31/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Fire Magic 3589-DR ($41/yr, 219 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Fire Magic 3589-DL. DCS RF24*E4 ($41/yr, 219 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Fire Magic's own models
Fire Magic sells 2 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, about the same, within a dollar a year, under the 3589-DR, its priciest.
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 Fire Magic 3589-DL that long and it costs about $535 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Fire Magic 3589-DL is already efficient for its category at $41/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Fire Magic 3589-DL ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
At rank 694 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 219 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.