ICEBOX IBCR17MNT Running Cost (Refrigerator)
ICEBOX IBCR17MNT: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the ICEBOX IBCR17MNT at 208 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
That $39 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 46.1% less, ranking 418 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 $33/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 ICEBOX IBCR17MNT: ICEBOX IBCR17BLS ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr), then ICEBOX IBCR17SLT ($39/yr, 208 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 2 of ICEBOX's 8 certified refrigerators, this sits between the IBCR17BLS ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the IBCR25SUN ($40/yr, its priciest).
ICEBOX IBCR17MNT over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the ICEBOX IBCR17MNT costs roughly $508 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $39/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
The ICEBOX IBCR17MNT already costs $39/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 418 of 4,704, the ICEBOX IBCR17MNT 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. The 208 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.