Liebherr MCB 3050 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Liebherr MCB 3050 costs to run
At 510 kWh/yr, the Liebherr MCB 3050's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $96 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Liebherr MCB 3050 against the category
That's 32.1% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,531 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 $23/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Liebherr MCB 3051 ($96/yr, 510 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Liebherr MCB 3050. Miele KFN 9855 iDE re ($95/yr, 507 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Liebherr lineup
Liebherr makes 75 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 48 of 75 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the UW3710 at $19/yr, and its priciest, the FDBHC36S at $117/yr.
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 Liebherr MCB 3050 that long and it costs about $1,246 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $96/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the Liebherr MCB 3050 or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The Liebherr MCB 3050 already costs $96/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Ranked 3,531 of 4,704, the Liebherr MCB 3050 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 510 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.