MARTEL F18RF01SS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the MARTEL F18RF01SS costs to run
At 465 kWh/yr, the MARTEL F18RF01SS's ENERGY STAR certification puts it more expensive than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $87 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.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.5% above it, ranking 3,326 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $15/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the MARTEL F18RF01SS: L2 LRF18B5 ($87/yr, 465 kWh/yr), then Midea MDRF699FGF04PRR ($87/yr, 465 kWh/yr).
Comparing MARTEL's own models
Ranked 2 of MARTEL's 3 certified refrigerators, this sits between the F18HF01SS ($82/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the F18RF01SS ($103/yr, 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 MARTEL F18RF01SS that long and it costs about $1,136 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $87/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the MARTEL F18RF01SS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 3,326 of 4,704, the MARTEL F18RF01SS 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. The 465 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.