MARTEL F18RF01SS Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the MARTEL F18RF01SS costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the MARTEL F18RF01SS at 549 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $103 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
MARTEL F18RF01SS against the category
That's 42.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,720 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 $31/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MDRF699FGF04PRR ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the MARTEL F18RF01SS. LG LF27NCH10 ($103/yr, 549 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Among MARTEL's 3 certified refrigerators, this is the priciest to run, $21/year over the F18HF01SS, the brand's cheapest.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the MARTEL F18RF01SS costs roughly $1,342 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
At $103/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the MARTEL F18RF01SS or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The MARTEL F18RF01SS already costs $103/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
At rank 3,720 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 549 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.