Magic Cool MCR75 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Magic Cool MCR75: running cost
At 250 kWh/yr, the Magic Cool MCR75's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $47 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.
How the Magic Cool MCR75 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 35.2% less, ranking 1,143 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $26/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Magic Cool MCR75 on that list: Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet UKS15A61-5- ($47/yr, 250 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Perlick URS15A61-5- ($47/yr, 250 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators Magic Cool makes, the MCR75 is the cheapest to run, $17/year less than Magic Cool's priciest, the MC552SS.
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $47/year, the Magic Cool MCR75 adds up to about $611 in electricity over that span.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $47/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
At $47/year just to run, a refrigerator is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
How this was checked
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 250 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.