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Running cost for the Marathon M4-D250PANR

One of the cheaper models in its category to run
$25/year, priced at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the Marathon M4-D250PANR at 134 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.07per day
$2.10per month
134kWh per year, certified
$327over a 13-yr lifespan

The $25 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

Where this ranks

That's 65.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 70 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $47/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.

The closest alternatives by cost

Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Marathon M4-D250BLS ($25/yr, 134 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Marathon M4-D250SS ($25/yr, 134 kWh/yr).

Within the Marathon lineup

Marathon makes 57 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 11 of 57 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the M4-100BLS at $25/yr, and its priciest, the MFF208WFD-2 at $87/yr.

Marathon M4-D250PANR over 13 years

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Marathon M4-D250PANR that long and it costs about $327 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Weighing a replacement

The Marathon M4-D250PANR is already efficient for its category at $25/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

The Marathon M4-D250PANR already costs $25/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.

The data behind this page

At rank 70 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. The 134 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.