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What the Kenmore KMR33MRDR costs to run

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$41/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the Kenmore KMR33MRDR at 218 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.11per day
$3.42per month
218kWh per year, certified
$533over a 13-yr lifespan

The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Where this ranks

That's 43.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 652 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $32/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.

The closest alternatives by cost

Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Kenmore KMR33MBKR ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Kenmore KMR33MWER ($41/yr, 218 kWh/yr).

Comparing Kenmore's own models

Kenmore makes 93 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 14 of 93 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the 17764 at $39/yr, and its priciest, the 46-75625 at $140/yr.

Kenmore KMR33MRDR over 13 years

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Kenmore KMR33MRDR that long and it costs about $533 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Is it worth replacing?

The Kenmore KMR33MRDR 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.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

The Kenmore KMR33MRDR already costs $41/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

The data behind this page

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 218 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.