Running cost for the Magic Chef MCDR45W
At 327 kWh/yr, the Magic Chef MCDR45W's ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $61 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Magic Chef MCDR45W against the category
That's 15.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,113 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 $11/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
MicroFridge 4.5MF1R ($61/yr, 327 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Magic Chef MCDR45W. Magic Chef MCDR45PS ($61/yr, 327 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Magic Chef lineup
Magic Chef makes 121 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 104 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
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $61/year, the Magic Chef MCDR45W adds up to about $799 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Magic Chef MCDR45W is already efficient for its category at $61/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
The Magic Chef MCDR45W already costs $61/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.