Mabe MDF25EYR Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Mabe MDF25EYR: running cost
The Mabe MDF25EYR is certified by ENERGY STAR at 610 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $115 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 58% above it, ranking 4,122 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 $42/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 Mabe MDF25EYR: KitchenAid KRSF505 ($115/yr, 610 kWh/yr), then Mabe MDU25ESK ($115/yr, 610 kWh/yr).
Within the Mabe lineup
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Mabe makes, the MDF25EYR is the cheapest to run, about the same, within a dollar a year, less than Mabe's priciest, the MDU25ESK.
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 Mabe MDF25EYR that long and it costs about $1,491 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Mabe MDF25EYR 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 $115/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
At $115/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 610 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 4,122 of 4,704, the Mabe MDF25EYR 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.