Midea MRM33S8ASL Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Midea MRM33S8ASL: running cost
At 220 kWh/yr, the Midea MRM33S8ASL's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $41 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Midea MRM33S8ASL against the category
That's 43% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 776 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 below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Midea MRM33S8ESL ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Midea MRM33S8ASL. Midea MRM33S8ASL ($41/yr, 220 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Midea lineup
Midea makes 162 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 28 of 162 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the MRW14B2ABB at $23/yr, and its priciest, the MRF29D9B at $147/yr.
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 Midea MRM33S8ASL that long and it costs about $538 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The Midea MRM33S8ASL is already efficient for its category at $41/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 Midea MRM33S8ASL already costs $41/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. Ranked 776 of 4,704, the Midea MRM33S8ASL 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.