Midea HS-507FWEN Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Midea HS-507FWEN
ENERGY STAR certifies the Midea HS-507FWEN at 211 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $40 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea HS-507FWEN against the category
That's 45.3% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 501 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 $33/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MRU14B2 ($40/yr, 211 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea HS-507FWEN. L2 LRU14F3AWWC ($40/yr, 211 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 162 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 12 of 162 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MRW14B2ABB at $23/yr, and its priciest, the MRF29D9B at $147/yr.
Midea HS-507FWEN over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Midea HS-507FWEN that long and it costs about $516 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Midea HS-507FWEN is already efficient for its category at $40/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
The Midea HS-507FWEN already costs $40/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 211 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.