Running cost for the Magic Chef MCR44WEF
ENERGY STAR certifies the Magic Chef MCR44WEF at 228 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $43 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Magic Chef MCR44WEF against the category
That's 40.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 908 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 $30/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Marathon MCR44BLS ($43/yr, 228 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Magic Chef MCR44WEF. Magic Chef MCR44WE ($43/yr, 228 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Magic Chef lineup
Magic Chef makes 121 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 46 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
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Magic Chef MCR44WEF that long and it costs about $557 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The Magic Chef MCR44WEF is already efficient for its category at $43/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
$43/year to run is the predictable cost of the Magic Chef MCR44WEF; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 908 of 4,704, the Magic Chef MCR44WEF 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.