Magic Chef HMAR170STE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Magic Chef HMAR170STE
ENERGY STAR certifies the Magic Chef HMAR170STE at 245 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $46 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 36.5% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,028 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 $27/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 Magic Chef HMAR170BE ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Magic Chef HMAR170WE ($46/yr, 245 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Magic Chef makes 121 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 49 of 121 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MCR16CHB at $39/yr, and its priciest, the MCBM920W1 at $70/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 Magic Chef HMAR170STE that long and it costs about $599 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Magic Chef HMAR170STE is already efficient for its category at $46/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
$46/year to run is the predictable cost of the Magic Chef HMAR170STE; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
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 245 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.