What the Magic Chef MCAR320WE costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Magic Chef MCAR320WE at 259 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $49 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Magic Chef MCAR320WE against the category
That's 32.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,259 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 $24/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Magic Chef MCAR32BE ($49/yr, 259 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Magic Chef MCAR320WE. Magic Chef MCAR320STE ($49/yr, 259 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Magic Chef's own models
Magic Chef makes 121 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 59 of 121 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MCR16CHB at $39/yr, and its priciest, the MCBM920W1 at $70/yr.
What this adds up to over time
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $49/year, the Magic Chef MCAR320WE adds up to about $633 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Magic Chef MCAR320WE is already efficient for its category at $49/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Magic Chef MCAR320WE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 1,259 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.