GRANDEUR UFDMH224AS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
GRANDEUR UFDMH224AS: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the GRANDEUR UFDMH224AS at 588 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $111 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
GRANDEUR UFDMH224AS against the category
That's 52.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,992 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 $38/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Hisense HRF230P5BSE ($111/yr, 588 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the GRANDEUR UFDMH224AS. Crosley CFDMH2257AS ($111/yr, 588 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing GRANDEUR's own models
GRANDEUR sells 2 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $13/year under the UFDMH226AS, its priciest.
GRANDEUR UFDMH224AS over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the GRANDEUR UFDMH224AS that long and it costs about $1,437 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The GRANDEUR UFDMH224AS 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 $111/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$111/year to run is the predictable cost of the GRANDEUR UFDMH224AS; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 3,992 of 4,704, the GRANDEUR UFDMH224AS sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.