Magic Chef HMR330WE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Magic Chef HMR330WE
At 219 kWh/yr, the Magic Chef HMR330WE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $41 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 43.3% less, ranking 703 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 $31/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 Magic Chef HMR330WE: Magic Chef HMR330SEF ($41/yr, 219 kWh/yr), then Magic Chef MCR32CHB ($41/yr, 219 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 21 of Magic Chef's 121 certified refrigerators, this sits between the MCR16CHB ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MCBM920W1 ($70/yr, its priciest).
Magic Chef HMR330WE over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Magic Chef HMR330WE that long and it costs about $535 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $41/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Magic Chef HMR330WE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 219 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 703 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.