Liebherr MRB2400 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Liebherr MRB2400
At 230 kWh/yr, the Liebherr MRB2400's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $43 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 40.4% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 945 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 $29/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 Liebherr MRB 2410 ($43/yr, 230 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Smeg FAB28UL# ($43/yr, 230 kWh/yr).
Within the Liebherr lineup
Liebherr makes 75 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 24 of 75 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the UW3710 at $19/yr, and its priciest, the FDBHC36S at $117/yr.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Liebherr MRB2400 that long and it costs about $562 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Liebherr MRB2400 is already efficient for its category at $43/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
Whether or not the Liebherr MRB2400 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 945 of 4,704, the Liebherr MRB2400 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.