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Mainstays MS953619315304: running cost

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$46/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the Mainstays MS953619315304 at 246 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.13per day
$3.85per month
246kWh per year, certified
$601over a 13-yr lifespan

The $46 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Mainstays MS953619315304 against the category

That's 36.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,069 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 $26/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

Mainstays MS953619315305 ($46/yr, 246 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Mainstays MS953619315304. Insignia NS-CF17BK26-C ($46/yr, 246 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Comparing Mainstays's own models

Mainstays sells 7 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $18/year under the MS953619315307, its priciest.

Cost over its typical lifespan

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Mainstays MS953619315304 that long and it costs about $601 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Is it worth replacing?

The Mainstays MS953619315304 is already efficient for its category at $46/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 Mainstays MS953619315304 already costs $46/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

Sourcing

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 246 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.